“Balak brought me from Aram,^(C)
    the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.^(D)
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
    come, denounce Israel.’^(E)

⁴ In that day people will ridicule you;
    they will taunt you with this mournful song:
‘We are utterly ruined;^(A)
    my people’s possession is divided up.^(B)
He takes it from me!
    He assigns our fields to traitors.’”

“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
    and makes himself wealthy by extortion!^(B)
    How long must this go on?’