Ye heathen men, hear the word of the Lord, and tell ye in isles that be [a] far, and say, He that scattered Israel, shall gather it, and shall keep it, as a shepherd keepeth his flock.
And I said, Alas! alas! alas! Lord God; therefore whether thou hast deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Peace shall be to you, and lo! a sword is come unto the soul?
My people, bethink, I pray, what Balak, king of Moab, thought, and what Balaam, son of Beor, of Shittim, answered to him till to Gilgal, that thou shouldest know the rightwiseness of the Lord.