I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of tumult.
Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-- ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate (from their right).
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow (there) with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;