Numbers 24:22
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
Revised Version 1895
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 doeth this?
Cross References
Genesis 10:11Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, 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, which brought us up hither.
Hosea 14:3Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are 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 →