Numbers 24:22

Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted; How long? Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

In Context

21And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said: Though firm be thy dwelling-place, and though thy nest be set in the rock;

23And he took up his parable, and said: Alas, who shall live after God hath appointed him?

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Cross References

Genesis 10:11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,

Ezra 4:2then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' houses, and said unto them: 'Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.'

Hosea 14:3(14-4) Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we call any more the work of our hands our gods; for in Thee the fatherless findeth 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 →

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