Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 38:5
Libya and Ethiopia, mixed with the northern invaders, are tribes from the extreme south, to show that this is a general combination of the foes of God’s people. read more
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Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 38:7
Spoken ironically. Make all thy preparations, they will be in vain. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 38:4-6
Ezekiel 38:4-6. I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws I will disappoint all thy designs, and turn thee about as easily as a fisherman masters a great fish, when he hath once fastened the hook into its jaws: see Ezekiel 29:4. And I will bring thee forth Or, after I have brought thee forth; that is, after I have so disposed matters that thou hast been induced to come forth out of thine own country, to invade, spoil, and destroy other countries. Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 38:7
Ezekiel 38:7. Be thou prepared The prophet, speaking ironically, encourages Gog and his allies to make all warlike preparations, and muster all their forces together, that God might gain the greater honour by their signal defeat: see Ezekiel 38:16. And be thou a guard unto them Let them rely upon thy prowess and conduct as their leader. read more
Donald C. Fleming
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
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 38:5
Ethiopia = Cush. Libya = Phut. Compare Ezekiel 27:10 ; Ezekiel 30:5 . These were descended from Ham (Genesis 10:6 ). read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 38:6
Gomer. North of Asia Minor; also descended from Japheth (Genesis 10:3 ), Togarmah = Armenia. Compare Ezekiel 27:14 , Also descended from Japheth (Genesis 10:3 ). bands = hordes. People = peoples. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 38:7
company. So (singular) in many codices and seven early printed editions; but some codices, with three early printed editions, read plural. See note on Ezekiel 38:4 . be thou a guard , &c. Septuagint reads "thou will be for Me a guard. " read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 38:7
"Be thou prepared, yea, prepare thyself, thou, and all thy companies that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years, thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, upon the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste, and they shall dwell securely, all of them. And thou shalt ascend, and shall come like a storm, thou shalt be like a storm to cover the... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 38:5-7
These allied nations are depicted as coming from the four quarters of the globe. Persia (see Ezekiel 27:10 ), from the east; Ethiopia (see Ezekiel 30:5 ), or Gush ( Genesis 10:6 ), from the south; Libya , or Phut (see Ezekiel 27:10 ; Ezekiel 30:5 ), from the west; and Gomer (see Genesis 10:2 , Genesis 10:3 ; 1 Chronicles 1:5 ), the Cimmerians of Homer ('Odyss.,' Ezekiel 11:13-19 ), whose abodes were the shores of the Euxine and Caspian Seas, and the Gimirrai of... read more