And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
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Gill's Exposition
And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim,.... Kittim was the son of Javan, Gen 10:4 and so designs some part of Greece: Josephus (r) says that Kittim possessed the island now called Cyprus, in…
Barnes' Notes
When God doeth this - The eventual carrying away of the allies of Israel by Assyria presented itself to Balaam as the ruin of all peace and safety upon earth. One prediction was howerer, yet wanting,…
The office of prophets was both to bless and to prophesy in the name of the Lord. Balaam, as a prophet, per force had blessed Israel; here he foretels future events.
I. His preface is much the same as…
Balaam's last prophetic message. This is the most obscure of all the poems. The translation is uncertain, and no historical event is known to which the words can refer.
Kittim, derived from Kitti a…