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Read Full Chapter (Numbers 24) Numbers 24:20 KJV
"And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever."
Numbers Chapter 24, Verse 20
Numbers 24:20 in Context (Verses 17–23 KJV)
17
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.*
18
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
19
Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
20
¶ And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.**
21
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
22
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.**
23
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!