Numbers 24:22
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
In Context
23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this?
Cross References
Genesis 10:11He went forth out of that land into Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
Ezra 4:2then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers, and said to them, Let us build with you, for we seek your God, as ye do, and we sacrifice to him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria who brought us up here.
Hosea 14:3Assyria shall not save us. We will not ride upon horses, nor will we say any more to the work of our hands, Our gods. For in thee the fatherless finds mercy.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 24:16-25
Balaam's Prophecy. ( b. c. 1452.) 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and… Read the whole commentary →