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G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 38:1-23

The final message concerning the nation dealt with matters far removed from the times of the prophet. In the dim distance he saw Gog of the land of Magog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, gathering against Israel. He saw them, however, gathering under divine compulsion to this very manifestation of antagonism, the message of Jehovah plainly declaring, "I will turn thee about and put hooks into thy jaws, and bring thee forth." This last antagonism would consist of a confederacy of Magog and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 38:14-16

Further Words to Gog. God now, through Ezekiel, addresses further words to Gog. Gog is greedy for what he can extract from God’s people. But he has reckoned without God. “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, In that day when my people Israel dwell securely, will you not know it? And you will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army, and you... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 38:1-23

Ezekiel 38. Gog’ s Invasion ( Ezekiel 38:1-1 Samuel : ), Design ( Ezekiel 38:10-Nehemiah : ), and Destruction ( Ezekiel 38:17-Isaiah : ).— Gog, of the land of Magog, seems from the names of the peoples that follow (cf. Ezekiel 27:13) to represent the mysterious hordes of the north, and were probably suggested to Ezekiel by the Scythian invasion (cf. Ezekiel 39:3) of Western Asia about 630 B.C. He, with a confederacy of peoples from the extreme south ( Ezekiel 27:10; Ezekiel 27:14: Gomer =... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 38:15

Thou shalt: see Ezekiel 38:9. From thy place; out of thine own land. Out of the north parts; from Scythia, from the Euxine and Caspian seas, and countries thereabouts. Thou; the leader and chieftain. Many people; mighty and numerous, as Ezekiel 38:6,Ezekiel 38:9. Riding upon horses: see Ezekiel 38:4. A great company: see Ezekiel 38:9. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 38:1-23

THE WARLIKE ASSAULT OF GOG, AND ITS REPULSE. (Chap. 38)EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Ezekiel 38:2. “Gog.” “An ideal name; it is simply the root of Magog, the only related name known to history. The whole prophecy demands a non-literal interpretation. The prophetical delineations of the Divine principles of government are thrown into the familiar forms of Old Testament relations. The final triumph of Messiah’s truth over the most distant and barbarous nations is represented as a literal conflict on a... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:1-23

Chapter 38Now in chapter 38:The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set your face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief ( Ezekiel 38:1-2 )And the word translated chief is the word Rosh. And most Bible scholars say that the Rosh translated chief should be translated in modern English, Russia, for Rosh is a reference to the modern Russia, the word chief there. So,the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal ( Ezekiel 38:2 ),Meshech is the ancient name for Moscow,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 38:1-23

Ezekiel 38:2 . Set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog. Gog is here taken for the king, or collectively for the princes of Scythia, Iberia, and the east. The Scythians descended from Magog. Genesis 10:2. They inhabited mount Caucasus, and the country east of the Black sea. The Mogul Tartars are also called Magog. The primitive fathers of the church give us no explication of Gog and Magog, except vaguely and figuratively referring the names to heretics, and to the persecutors of the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 38:15

Eze 38:15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: Ver. 15. Out of the north parts. ] Ab aquilone nihil boni. From spiritual Babylon comes all mischief to the Church. The king of Syria is called "king of the north" in Daniel 11:6 . A great company, and a mighty army. ] Such was the army of Antiochus Epiphanes against the Jews, of the Turk against Christians, of the Pope... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ezekiel 38:15

thy place: Ezekiel 39:2, Daniel 11:40 and many: Ezekiel 38:4, Ezekiel 38:6, Joel 3:2, Zephaniah 3:8, Zechariah 12:2-Numbers :, Zechariah 14:2, Zechariah 14:3, Revelation 16:14, Revelation 16:16, Revelation 20:8 Reciprocal: Genesis 10:2 - General 1 Chronicles 5:4 - General Ezekiel 32:30 - the princes Zechariah 10:5 - and the riders on horses shall be confounded read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ezekiel 38:15

And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:The north parts — From Scythia, from the Euxine and Caspian seas, and countries thereabouts. read more

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