Ezekiel 38:5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 38:1-13

The critical expositors have enough to do here to enquire out Gog and Magog. We cannot pretend either to add to their observations or to determine their controversies. Gog seems to be the king and Magog the kingdom; so that Gog and Magog are like Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Some think they find them afar off, in Scythia, Tartary, and Russia. Others think they find them nearer the land of Israel, in Syria, and Asia the Less. Ezekiel is appointed to prophesy against Gog, and to tell him that God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:5

Persia, Ethiopia, and Lybia with them ,.... These are the confederates or auxiliaries of the Turks, which shall join with them in this expedition. Persia is a neighbouring kingdom to the Turks, and may fall into their hands before this comes to pass; and is in a fair way for it at this time, through the internal divisions in it; however, it will be confederate with them. Ethiopia or Cush does not design the country of the Abyssines in the dominions of the Great Mogul, but Arabia Chusea,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 38:5

Persia - That a part of this country was tributary to Antiochus, see 1 Maccabees 3:31. Ethiopia, and Libya - That these were auxiliaries of Antiochus is evident from Daniel 11:43 ; : "The Libyans and Ethiopians shall be at his steps." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 38:1-13

The announcement of Cog's expedition against Israel. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 38:1-13

The invasion of those who dwell secure. The occurrence in this place of this and the following chapters is somewhat perplexing. The events here prophetically described take place after the restoration of the Israelites from their Eastern captivity. Yet they are altogether too stupendous to be applicable to anything which happened in the time or soon after the time of Ezekiel. Thus many interpreters of prophecy refer them to a period still in the future, when a final struggle may take place... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 38:1-13

The stability of God's kingdom. The lengthened subjection of the Hebrews had sapped their courage and their hope. The promises of a return to Canaan fell upon hearts full of apathy and self-diffidence. A latent fear was growing up that, even should they regain their old possession, they would soon be exposed to fresh invasion from some grasping monarch. They felt their lack of organization, their lack of military prowess, and men devoid of energy felt that it was better to remain in exile... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 38:1-23

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Albert Barnes

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

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 38:1-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 38:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 38:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 38:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 38:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 38:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 38:5-7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 38:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 38:4-6

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