Numbers 24:20
Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying:
What it says
Balaam looks on Amalek and says it was first among nations, yet its end will be destruction. Early prominence does not preserve it.
What it is doing
It pronounces judgment on Amalek despite its stature.
In context
20Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: 21Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: 22Yet Kain will be destroyed 23Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: 24Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; 25Then Balaam arose and returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way.