17 (A)I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not near:
(B)a star shall come out of Jacob,
    and (C)a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall (D)crush the forehead[a] of Moab
    and break down all the sons of Sheth.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:17 Hebrew corners [of the head]

11 (A)He shall pass through the sea of troubles
    and strike down the waves of the sea,
    (B)and all the depths of the Nile shall be dried up.
The pride of Assyria shall be laid low,
    and (C)the scepter of Egypt shall depart.

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