“Balak brought me from Aram,^(C)
    the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.^(D)
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
    come, denounce Israel.’^(E)

“The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,
    the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,^(A)

¹² Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
    your defenses are defenses of clay.^(A)