E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 38:18
the same time = that day. the land of Israel = on the soil of Israel. Hebrew ' admath. See note on Ezekiel 11:17 . saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle. read more
the same time = that day. the land of Israel = on the soil of Israel. Hebrew ' admath. See note on Ezekiel 11:17 . saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle. read more
Ezekiel 38:18. That my fury shall come, &c.— My anger and my fury shall increase. Houbigant. read more
18. fury shall come up in my face—literally, "nose"; in Hebrew, the idiomatic expression for anger, as men in anger breathe strongly through the nostrils. Anthropopathy: God stooping to human modes of thought (Psalms 18:8). read more
19. great shaking—an earthquake: physical agitations after accompanying social and moral revolutions. Foretold also in :-; (compare Haggai 2:6; Haggai 2:7; Matthew 24:7; Matthew 24:29; Revelation 16:18). read more
Yahweh’s judgment of the enemy 38:17-23 read more
God would become very angry with Gog when he attacked Israel (cf. Genesis 12:3). He would send a great earthquake in the land that would express His anger (cf. Revelation 16:18)."Yahweh’s emotional reaction to Gog’s invasion is obvious as he explodes, heaping up expressions for anger unparalleled in the book, if not in the entire OT." [Note: Block, The Book . . . 48, p. 457.] read more
2. Gog, the land of Magog] RV ’Gog, of the land of Magog.’ The exact reference of the names is unknown. Magog is the land ruled over by Gog. The conjecture that ’Magog’ (Mgg = Ggm = Bbl) is a cryptogram for ’Babel’ (Babylon) has no probability. Gog in any case is the representative of remote heathendorn, and is located in the far N. (Ezekiel 38:6, Ezekiel 38:15; Ezekiel 39:2), while he has allies in the distant S. (Ezekiel 38:5).Chief prince of Meshech, etc.] RV ’Prince of Rosh, Meshech,’ etc.,... read more
God’s Final Victory over the HeathenEzekiel’s earlier group of prophecies against the nations (Ezekiel 25-32) was concerned with Israel’s nearer neighbours, which had interfered more or less in former times with her prosperity; and their humiliation was regarded as a necessary condition of Israel’s peaceful and happy future. Ezekiel, however, contemplated a wider extension of God’s glory than these prophecies involved. This is described under the form of an invasion of the restored Israel by... read more
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:1-23
Invasion by the armies of Gog (38:1-23)To the Jews of Ezekiel’s day, the nations referred to here would represent the most distant regions of the world - ‘the four corners of the earth’. They are led by a man called Gog, who lives to the north in the land of Magog and who is ruler of the joint kingdom of Meshech-Tubal (38:1-3). He will lead an attack on Israel and will be helped by other countries from the east (Persia), from the south (Cush and Put, meaning probably Ethiopia and Libya), and... read more