Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur carries you away captive.”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 22. Captive. The Sam. insinuates that they should return, 1 Chronicles 2:55. “Though thy nest should be entirely consumed, thy inhabitants shall return out of Assyria.” Calmet.—Septuagint “If to Beor (the capital) there should be nests of iniquity, the Assyrians will reduce thee to captivity.” Hebrew “Yet the Cinite should be wasted, till,” and so forth Bible.—The family of Jethro was now among the Hebrews, and their posterity were suffered to dwell with the tribe of Juda. Abor afterwards removed into the tribe of Nephthali, and was led away by Salmanasar, 4 Kennicott. 17. Menochius.—Some of the Cinites were mixed with the Amalecites, 1 Kennicott. 15:6. The Assyrians infested the neighbouring nations, as well as the Hebrews, under Sennacherib and Nabuchodonosor, as the prophets inform us. Calmet.