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Numbers 24:24

New American Bible - revised edition

to deliver them from the hands of the Kittim? When they have conquered Asshur and conquered Eber, They too shall perish forever.

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The descendants of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim and the Rodanim.

A survivor came and brought the news to Abram the Hebrew, who was camping at the oak of Mamre the Amorite, a kinsman of Eshcol and Aner; these were allies of Abram.

But when the Lord has brought to an end all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the utterance of the king of Assyria’s proud heart, and the boastfulness of his haughty eyes.

Ah! Assyria, the rod of my wrath, the staff I wield in anger.

Oracle on Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, for your port is destroyed; From the land of the Kittim the news reaches them.

With oaks of Bashan they fashioned your oars, Your bridge, of ivory-inlaid cypress wood from the coasts of Kittim.

“Do you know,” he asked, “why I have come to you? Soon I must fight the prince of Persia again. When I leave, the prince of Greece will come;

When ships of the Kittim confront him, he shall lose heart and retreat. Then he shall rage against the holy covenant and take action; he shall again favor those who forsake the holy covenant.

He shall pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the sea and the glorious holy mountain, but he shall come to his end with none to help him.

The iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold all crumbled at once, fine as the chaff on the threshing floor in summer, and the wind blew them away without leaving a trace. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

That is the meaning of the stone you saw hewn from the mountain without a hand being put to it, which broke in pieces the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God has revealed to the king what shall be in the future; this is exactly what you dreamed, and its meaning is sure.”

The he-goat is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn on its forehead is the first king.

Upon seeing Amalek, Balaam recited his poem: First of the nations is Amalek, but their end is to perish forever.

Upon seeing [the Ishmaelites?] he recited his poem: Alas, who shall survive of Ishmael,

“When you see the desolating abomination spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

“Show me a denarius; whose image and name does it bear?” They replied, “Caesar’s.”

If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our land and our nation.”




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