Numbers 23:23 proclaims God's protection over Israel, but Numbers 24:23 laments the terror of God's judgment — a stark shift within Balaam's oracles.

Malachi 3:2 echoes the same rhetorical question 'who can stand when God appears?' — both warn of divine judgment's terror.

Joel 2:11 echoes the rhetorical question 'who can stand it?' about the day of the Lord, closely paralleling the lament here over surviving God's acts.