1. Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather around. I want to tell you what you can expect in the days to come.”
2. Come together, listen sons of Jacob,listen to Israel your father.
7. A curse on their uncontrolled anger,on their indiscriminate wrath.I’ll throw them out with the trash;I’ll shred and scatter them like confetti throughout Israel.
13. Zebulun settles down on the seashore;he’s a safe harbor for ships,right alongside Sidon.
14-15. Issachar is one tough donkeycrouching between the corrals;When he saw how good the place was,how pleasant the country,He gave up his freedomand went to work as a slave.
16-17. Dan will handle matters of justice for his people;he will hold his own just fine among the tribes of Israel.Dan is only a small snake in the grass,a lethal serpent in ambush by the roadWhen he strikes a horse in the heel,and brings its huge rider crashing down.
18. I wait in hopefor your salvation, God.