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]

⁷ Since you trust in your deeds and riches,^(A)
    you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh^(B) will go into exile,^(C)
    together with his priests and officials.^(D)