In the last days, ships from Cyprus will afflict Iraq(Asshur) until she is destroyed.
Two weeks ago in an article posted on FreeRepublic Great Britan announced that she had sought and obtained permission from Cyprus to use Cyprus port facilites to launch British ships for attacks against Iraq in concert with US Naval forces (Seventh Fleet). This would include cruise missiles and fighter bombers launced from aircraft carriers and destroyers.
The first half of Numbers 24 also contains the first known prophecy about Jesus Christ as the Son of God.
Sooner or later this military activity in the ME involving Islamic and PLO forces will put "hooks" into the jaws of Russia to align themselves in an Arab Confederacy to attack Israel which will fail at the intervention of God Himself-Ezekial 38,39.
At some point the world will let the UN come in to trample down Jerusalem and the world will be driven by terror to beg for a false peace which the AntiChrist will set up between the Israelis and Arabs - all for the end purpose of an attempt to exterminate the Jews and Israel. It will fail at the Battle of Armageddon with the defeat of Chinese and "Kings of the East" forces by Jesus Christ Himself (Revelations).
How America will fare in all this is not clear to me but real Christians no matter where they are have the promise of eternal life no matter what happens, with or without a Rapture.
Weren't we just discussing this?
You forgot the second part: "But they [the ships] too will come to ruin." — Num 24:24b