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
The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 38:4
Sent back by God. "I will turn thee back." "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death" ( Proverbs 14:12 ). There are paths that attract us, that we enter upon with keen expectancy, that we pursue with pleasure, but that, in time, we find to be wrong; then is it best to turn back, and to "return on our way" at once . I. MISTAKEN PATHS . Such as those of: 1. Extravagance . A larger expenditure of our means than we can... read more