Num 24:17, Isa 41:14-16, 49:2, 54:16, Zec 1:20-21, 9:13-16, 12:6-8 | ESV | STEP | I see him, but not now ; I behold him, but not near : a star shall come out of Jacob , and a scepter shall rise out of Israel ; it shall crush the forehead of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth .

17 ^aI see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near:
^ba star shall come out of Jacob,
and ^ca scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall ^dcrush the forehead ^{▼▼Hebrew corners [of the head]} of Moab
and break down all the sons of Sheth.

Isaiah 41:14-16

14 Fear not, you ^fworm Jacob,
you men of Israel!
I am the one who helps you, declares the Lord;
your ^gRedeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 ^hBehold, I make of you a threshing sledge,
new, sharp, and having teeth;
you shall thresh ⁱthe mountains and crush them,
and you shall make the hills like chaff;
16 ^jyou shall winnow them, and ^kthe wind shall carry them away,
and the tempest shall scatter them.
^lAnd you shall rejoice in the Lord;
in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

Isaiah 49:2

2 ^mHe made my mouth like a sharp sword;
ⁿin the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow;
in his quiver he hid me away.

Isaiah 54:16

16 Behold, I have created the smith
who blows the fire of coals
and produces a weapon for its purpose.
I have also created the ravager to destroy;

Zechariah 1:20-21

20 Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. 21 And I said, “What are these coming to do?” He said, ^o“These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one raised his head. And these have come ^pto terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations ^qwho lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

Zechariah 9:13-16

13 For ^rI have bent Judah as my bow;
I have made Ephraim its arrow.
I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, ^sO Greece,
and wield you like a warrior’s sword.

The Lord Will Save His People

14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
and ^this arrow will go forth like lightning;
^uthe Lord God will sound the trumpet
and will march forth in ^vthe whirlwinds ^wof the south.
15 The Lord of hosts ^xwill protect them,
and ^ythey shall devour, ^zand tread down the sling stones,
and ^aathey shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
and be full like a bowl,
drenched ^ablike the corners of the altar.
16 On that day the Lord their God will save them,
as ^acthe flock of his people;
for ^adlike the jewels of a crown
they shall shine on his land.

Zechariah 12:6-8

6 ^ae“On that day I will make the clans of Judah ^aflike a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And ^agthey shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while ^ahJerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.

7 “And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah. 8 ^aiOn that day ^ajthe Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that ^akthe feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, ^allike the angel of the Lord, going before them.