Render, For Kain will surely not be destroyed (literally “be for destruction”) until Asshur, etc. The words are not, as they appear in the…

And he looked on the Kenites ... — According to the ordinary interpretation of these verses, the continuous destruction o…

Until Asshur shall carry you away captive. It is a harsh and unnatural construction to apply this to the Kenites. Indeed, the majority agr…

Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted
Though they were so strongly fortified, and closely immured and surrounded w…

Under the powerful influence of the Spirit of prophecy, Balaam foretold the future prosperity and extensive dominion of Israel. Balaam boasts that …