Then he uttered his oracle, saying: 'Alas, who shall live when God does this?' — Balaam's final oracle opens with an exclamation of despair. The question is existential: who shall survive when God acts? The rhetorical question implies that none can withstand divine judgment; all are vulnerable before God's power. The oracle is brief and mysterious, its full meaning obscure.

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