¹⁷ “I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not near.^(A)
A star will come out of Jacob;^(B)
    a scepter will rise out of Israel.^(C)
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,^(D)
    the skulls^[a](E) of^[b] all the people of Sheth.^[c]
18 Edom^(F) will be conquered;
    Seir,^(G) his enemy, will be conquered,^(H)
    but Israel^(I) will grow strong.

⁹ Moab^(A) is my washbasin,
    on Edom^(B) I toss my sandal;
    over Philistia^(C) I shout in triumph.”

⁵ My sword^(A) has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    see, it descends in judgment on Edom,^(B)
    the people I have totally destroyed.^(C)

“It is I, proclaiming victory,
    mighty to save.”^(E)

“Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?^(D)
    Has counsel perished from the prudent?
    Has their wisdom decayed?