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XXIV] :I shall see him, but not now:
 * I shall behold him, but not nigh:
 * There shall come a Star out of Jacob,
 * And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel,
 * And shall smite the corners of Moab,
 * And destroy all the children of Sheth.
 * And Edom shall be a possession,
 * Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies;
 * And Israel shall do valiantly.
 * Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion,
 * And shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said,


 * was the first of the nations;
 * But his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said,


 * is thy dwellingplace,
 * And thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
 * Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted,
 * Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

And he took up his parable, and said,