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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 38:14-23

This latter part of the chapter is a repetition of the former; the dream is doubled, for the thing is certain and to be very carefully regarded. I. It is here again foretold that this spiteful enemy should make a formidable descent upon the land of Israel (Ezek. 38:15): ?Thou shalt come out of the north parts (Syria lay on the north of Canaan) with a mighty army, shalt come like a cloud, and cover the land of my people Israel,? Ezek. 38:16. These words (Ezek. 38:14), When my people Israel... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:18

And it shall come to pass at the same time, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God ,.... As before prophesied of and described: that my fury shall come up in my face ; as a man's blood rises up in his face, and his colour appears, when he is wroth and angry: or, "in my nose" F19 באפי "in nasum meum", Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius. ; as men when they are angry puff and blow, expand their nose, breathe through it; but against whom is all this wrath and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:19

For in my jealousy, and in the fire of my wrath, have I spoken ,.... Not against his people Israel, but against Gog, who had thought evil against them, and now was about to put it in practice; and therefore in zeal for his own glory, and for the good of his people, and in indignation against his and their enemies, he declares, resolves, and determines: surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel ; not a consternation among the people of Israel frightened at... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:20

So that the fishes of the sea shall shake at my presence ,.... From whence it appears that this great shaking shall not be on account of the army of Gog, and the devastations that it shall make; but on account of the powerful presence of God, which will be manifest in the destruction of his army: and what is here said of the shaking of the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beast of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:21

And I will call for a sword against him ,.... That is, against Gog; or, as I would choose to render the words, "for I will call for a sword", so the particle is rendered, Ezekiel 38:19 and which Noldius F21 Concordant. Ebr. Partic. p. 285, 286. agrees to; and this gives a reason why there should be such a commotion in the land of Israel; because the Lord, who has the swords of princes at his command, will call for the Christian kings to come to the assistance of the Jews, and fight... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:22

And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood ,.... Not only the sword of the Jews and the sword of Christian princes shall be drawn against him, and the sword of Gog's soldiers against one another; but the Lord himself would plead with him by his judgments, or take vengeance on him, as the Targum; and send a pestilence in his army, which should destroy vast numbers of it; as the army of Sennacherib was destroyed by one when before Jerusalem; and make a great slaughter among... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 38:21

I will call for a sword against him - Meaning Judas Maccabeus, who defeated his army under Lysias, making a horrible carnage. - Martin. Cambyses had no wars in the mountains of Israel. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 38:22

Great hailstones, fire, and brimstone - These are probably figurative expressions, to signify that the whole tide of the war should be against him, and that his defeat and slaughter should be great. Abp. Newcome supposes all the above prophecy remains yet to be fulfilled. Where such eminent scribes are divided, who shall decide! read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 38:14-22

The invader discomfited. Although it would be presumptuous to apply the language of this prophetic passage to any particular political event in the history of Israel, there were many occasions upon which invasion was permitted and the soil of Palestine was trodden by hostile armies; many occasions upon which the invader retreated, overwhelmed with disaster and ignominy. It is therefore allowable to interpret great political incidences and occurrences in the light of the principles here... read more

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