When God doeth this. Literally, "from the settling of it by God." מִשֻּׂמוֹ אֵל, i.e; when God shall bring these terrible things to pass. Septuagint, ὅταν θῇ ταῦτα ὁ θεός. This exclamation refers to the woe which he is about to pronounce, which involved his own people also.
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Numbers 24:23
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