or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? . . . The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of a king is among them. God brings them out of Egypt and is for them like the horns of the wild ox. . . . Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up . . . ; it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey and drunk the blood of the slain. (Num. 23:18–19, 21b–22, 24)
