And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his discourse and said,"Enduring is your dwelling place, and your nest is set in the rock. Nevertheless, Kain shall be burned when Asshur takes you away captive.
Kenite H7017: Patronymic from קַיִן H7014; a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin. H7017: The same as קַיִן H7013 (with a play upon the affinity to קָנָהH7069); Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe: - Cain, Kenite (-s). H7013: From קוּן H6969 in the original sense of fixity ; a lance (as striking fast): - spear. H6969: A primitive root; to strike a musical note, that is, chant or wail (at a funeral): - lament, mourning woman.
Genesis 4:16 Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 15:18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,15:19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,”
Judges 1:16 And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad, and they went and settled with the people.
Enduring H386: From an unused root (meaning to continue); permanence ; hence (concretely) permanent ; specifically a chieftain: - hard, mighty, rough, strength, strong.
Genesis 4:17 Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
Ezekiel 21:20 Mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah, into Jerusalem the fortified.
“Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.” The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.”
Genesis 10:8-12
Job 41:15 His back is made of rows of shields, shut up closely as with a seal.41:16 One is so near to another that no air can come between them.
Dwelling place H4186: From יָשַׁב H3427; a seat ; figuratively a site ; abstractly a session ; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication population. H3427: A primitive root; properly to sit down (specifically as judge, in ambush, in quiet); by implication to dwell, to remain ; causatively to settle, to marry.
2 Thessalonians 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
Nest H7064: Contracted from קָנַן H7077; a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings ; figuratively a chamber or dwelling. H7077: A primitive root; to erect ; but used only as denominative from קֵן H7064; to nestle, that is, build or occupy as a nest.
Revelation 18:2 And he called out with a mighty voice,"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
Rock H5553: From an unused root meaning to be lofty ; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress): - (ragged) rock, stone (-ny), strong hold.
Isaiah 2:10 Enter into the rock and hide in the dust from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty.
Job 30:6 In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.30:7 Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.30:8 A senseless, a nameless brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
Isaiah 51:1 Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
Nevertheless, Kain shall be burned
Isaiah 51:4 "Give attention to me, my people, and give ear to me, my nation; for a law will go out from me, and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.51:5 My righteousness draws near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me, and for my arm they wait.51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed.51:7 "Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings.51:8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool, but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations."51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
When Asshur takes you away captive.
Asshur H804: Apparently from אָשַׁר H833 (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (that is, Assyria), its region and its empire. H833: A primitive root; to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively to go forward, be honest, prosper.
“Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!”
Isaiah 10:5
“Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel. And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. And he shall be their peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men; they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our border.”
Micah 5:3-6