Balaam’s Second Oracle: God’s Faithfulness

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And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Rise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, son of Zippor!

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God is not a man--and lieth, And a son of man--and repenteth! Hath He said--and doth He not do it ? And spoken--and doth He not confirm it?

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Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I can not reverse it.

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He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, And a shout of a king is in him.

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God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;

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For no enchantment is against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought!

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Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.'

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And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all;'

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and Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, `Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh--it I do?'

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