"And now,behold,I am goingto my people;come,[and] I will adviseyou whatthispeoplewill doto your peoplein the daysto come."
Then Jacobsummonedhis sonsand said,"Assembleyourselves that I may tellyou whatwill befallyou in the daysto come.
They will be gatheredtogether[Like] prisonersin the dungeon,And will be confinedin prison;And aftermanydaysthey [will] [be] punished.
"Yet I will restorethe fortunesof MoabIn the latterdays,"declaresthe LORD.Thusfarthe judgmenton Moab.
But it will comeabout in the lastdaysThat I will restorethe fortunesof Elam,'" Declaresthe LORD.
"Now I have cometo giveyou an understandingof whatwill happento your peoplein the latterdays,for the visionpertains to the daysyet[future]."
"However,thereis a Godin heavenwhorevealsmysteries,and He has madeknownto KingNebuchadnezzarwhatwill takeplacein the latterdays.Thiswas your dreamand the visionsin your mind[while] on your bed.
Afterwardthe sonsof Israelwill returnand seekthe LORDtheir Godand Davidtheir king;and they will cometremblingto the LORDand to His goodnessin the lastdays.
"My people,remembernowWhatBalakkingof MoabcounseledAnd whatBalaamsonof Beoransweredhim, [And] from Shittimto Gilgal,Sothat you might knowthe righteousactsof the LORD."
"I seehim, but not now;I beholdhim, but not near;A starshall comeforth from Jacob,A sceptershall risefrom Israel,And shall crushthroughthe foreheadof Moab,And teardownallthe sonsof Sheth.
Then Balaamaroseand departedand returnedto his place,and Balakalsowenthis way.
AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LASTDAYS,'Godsays,'THAT I WILL POUR FORTHOF MY SPIRITON ALLMANKIND;AND YOUR SONSAND YOUR DAUGHTERSSHALL PROPHESY,AND YOUR YOUNG MENSHALL SEEVISIONS,AND YOUR OLD MENSHALL DREAMDREAMS;
But realizethis,that in the lastdaysdifficulttimeswill come.
The sonsof Israelalso killedBalaamthe sonof Beor,the diviner,with the swordamong[the rest of] their slain.
Do not fearwhatyou are aboutto suffer.Behold,the devilis aboutto castsome of you into prison,sothat you will be tested,and you will havetribulationfor tendays.Be faithfuluntildeath,and I will giveyou the crownof life.
But I havea few thingsagainstyou, becauseyou havetheresome who holdthe teachingof Balaam,whokept teachingBalakto puta stumbling blockbeforethe sonsof Israel,to eatthings sacrificed to idolsand to commit [acts of] immorality.
