11. Now leave and go home! I told you that I would give you a very good payment, but the Lord has caused you to lose your reward.”
12. Balaam said to Balak, “You sent men to ask me to come. Don’t you remember what I told them? I said,
13. ‘Even if Balak gives me his most beautiful house filled with silver and gold, I can still say only what the Lord commands me to say. I cannot do anything myself, good or bad. I must say what the Lord commands.’
14. Now I am going back to my own people. But I will give you this warning. I will tell you what these Israelites will do to you and your people in the future.”
15. Then Balaam gave this message: “This message is from Balaam son of Beor. I am speaking about things I see clearly.
16. I heard this message from God. I learned what God Most High taught me. I saw what God All-Powerful showed me. I humbly tell what I clearly see.
17. “I see him coming, but not now. I see him coming, but not soon. A star will come from the family of Jacob. A new ruler will come from the Israelites. He will smash the heads of the Moabites and crush the heads of all the sons of Sheth.