23 And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `Alas! who doth live when God doth this?

24 And -- ships [are] from the side of Chittim, And they have humbled Asshur, And they have humbled Eber, And it also for ever is perishing.'

25 And Balaam riseth, and goeth, and turneth back to his place, and Balak also hath gone on his way.

Numbers 24. (Young's Literal Translation)