Numbers 24:23

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Then he uttered this oracle:“O, who will survive when God does this!

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 23:23 : 23 For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel,‘Look at what God has done!’
  • 2 Kgs 5:1 : 1 Elisha Heals a Syrian General Now Naaman, the commander of the king of Syria’s army, was esteemed and respected by his master, for through him the LORD had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease.
  • Mal 3:2 : 2 Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

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  • 24 Ships will come from the coast of Kittim, and will afflict Asshur, and will afflict Eber, and he will also perish forever.”

  • Num 24:20-22
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    20 Balaam’s Final Prophecies Then Balaam looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle:“Amalek was the first of the nations, but his end will be that he will perish.”

    21 Then he looked on the Kenites and uttered this oracle:“Your dwelling place seems strong, and your nest is set on a rocky cliff.

    22 Nevertheless the Kenite will be consumed. How long will Asshur take you away captive?”

  • 24 Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,

  • 22 He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.

  • 5 How miserable I am! For I have lived temporarily in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar.

  • 11 Residents of Shaphir, pass by in nakedness and humiliation! The residents of Zaanan have not escaped. Beth Ezel mourns,“He takes from you what he desires.”

  • 20 People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying,

  • 22 But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

  • 8 Because of this the earth will quake, and all who live in it will mourn. The whole earth will rise like the River Nile, it will surge upward and then grow calm, like the Nile in Egypt.

  • Isa 21:1-2
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    1 The Lord Will Judge Babylon This is an oracle about the wilderness by the Sea: Like strong winds blowing in the south, one invades from the wilderness, from a land that is feared.

    2 I have received a distressing message:“The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!”

  • 19 These double disasters confronted you. But who feels sorry for you? Destruction and devastation, famine and sword. But who consoles you?

  • 24 Then all the nations will ask,“Why has the LORD done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger all about?”

  • 12 If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him,‘What are you doing?’

  • 13 This is what will happen throughout the earth, among the nations. It will be like when they beat an olive tree, and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest.

  • 7 When they ask you,‘Why are you groaning?’ you will reply,‘Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’ Pay attention– it is coming and it will happen, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

  • 11 Wail, you who live in the market district, for all the merchants will disappear and those who count money will be removed.

  • 15 Balaam Prophesies a Fourth Time Then he uttered this oracle:“The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;

  • 2 Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • 5 Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah)

  • 3 The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the LORD has decreed this judgment.

  • 1 The Lord Will Judge Tyre This is an oracle about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them.

  • 28 he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

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    17 They will sing this lament over you:“‘How you have perished– you have vanished from the seas, O renowned city, once mighty in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror!

    18 Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.’

  • 9 For from the top of the rocks I see them; from the hills I watch them. Indeed, a nation that lives alone, and it will not be reckoned among the nations.

  • 24 The Contrast With the Past“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

  • 19 How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

  • 1 The Lord Will Judge the Earth Look, the LORD is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

  • 3 Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.

  • 17 While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said,“The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”

  • 4 How long must the land be parched and the grass in every field be withered? How long must the animals and the birds die because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? For these people boast,“God will not see what happens to us.”

  • 23 For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.

  • 15 How awful that day will be! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.

  • 25 Terror is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.

  • 7 Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust; they will say,‘Nineveh has been devastated! Who will lament for her?’ There will be no one to comfort you!”

  • 29 If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’

  • 9 Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him?

  • 17 “Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by it will be filled with horror; they will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it.

  • 16 Habakkuk Declares His Confidence I listened and my stomach churned; the sound made my lips quiver. My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, and I shook as I tried to walk. I long for the day of distress to come upon the people who attack us.

  • 15 Ezekiel’s Wife Dies The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 19 And I cried out,“We are doomed! Our wound is severe! We once thought,‘This is only an illness. And we will be able to bear it!’

  • 13 It’s like the old proverb says:‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

  • 31 No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done.

  • 12 I said,“Who is wise enough to understand why this has happened? Who has a word from the LORD that can explain it? Why does the land lie in ruins? Why is it as scorched as a desert through which no one travels?”

  • 7 Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is! There has never been any like it. It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob, but some of them will be rescued out of it.

  • 7 Your creditors will suddenly attack; those who terrify you will spring into action, and they will rob you.

  • 20 Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he will be swallowed up!