Numbers 24:22

but you will be wiped out when the army of Assyria conquers you.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21Then he looked out over the area where the Ken people-group lived, and he prophesied this: “You think that the place where you live is secure/safe like a nest that is made in the cliffs [MET],

23Balaam ended his prophecies by saying, “Also, ◄who can <survive/escape> when God does all these things?/no one will be able to <survive/escape> when God does all these things!► [RHQ]

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Cross References

Genesis 10:11From there he went with others to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

Ezra 4:2So they went to Zerubbabel the governor and the other leaders, and said deceptively, “We want to help you build the temple, because we worship that same God whom you worship, and we have been offering sacrifices to him since Esarhaddon, the King of Assyria, brought us here.”

Hosea 14:3We admit that Assyria will not save us, and our war horses will not save us, either. We will never again say, ‘You are our gods’ to the idols that we [SYN] have made. You are the one who acts mercifully to orphans.”

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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