Catholic Public Domain Version

Numbers 24:19-25 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

19. From Jacob will be he who shall be ruler. And he shall perish the remnants of the city."

20. And when he saw Amalek, taking up his parable, he said: "Amalek, first among the Gentiles, whose very end shall be perdition."

21. Likewise, he saw the Kainites, and taking up his parable, he said: "Robust, indeed, is your habitation. But though you will set your nest in a rock,

22. and you will be elect among the stock of Kain, how long will you be able to remain? For Assur shall take you captive."

23. And taking up his parable once more he said: "Alas! Who will be able to survive, when God will do these things?

24. They shall arrive in Greek warships from Italy. They shall overcome the Assyrians, and they shall devastate the Hebrews, and yet, at the very end, even they themselves shall perish."

25. And Balaam rose up, and he returned to his place. Likewise, Balak went back, along the way by which he had arrived.