Ezekiel 38:9, Ezekiel 38:16 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 38:9

Thou shall ascend and come like a storm ,.... That comes suddenly, looks black and terrible, and causes darkness and horror; makes a great noise, and is very threatening of danger; signifying, that the Turks will come into the land of Judea suddenly to surprise it, and with great wrath and fury, and threaten them with utter destruction; so the king of the north is said to come like a whirlwind, which many interpret of the Turk also, Daniel 11:40 , thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 38:9

Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm - It is observable that Antiochus is thus spoken of by Daniel, Daniel 11:40 ; : The king of the north - Antiochus, shall come against him (the king of the south is the king of Egypt) like a whirlwind. 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 38:9

Like a storm, and like a cloud . Gog's invasion, his "ascension," or "going up" (compare the Greek term ἀνάβασις for a military expedition), should be like a storm in its suddenness and violence, as in Proverbs 1:27 , and like a cloud in its threatening aspect and overshadowing nearness (see Proverbs 1:16 ; and comp. Jeremiah 4:13 ). Taken together, the images suggest that Gog's invasion should burst forth suddenly, rage violently, spread quickly, alarm greatly, but cease finally.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 38:8-9

Ezekiel 38:8-9. After many days thou shalt be visited In the latter days of the Messiah’s kingdom among men, or after a succession of many generations, shall the judgment here mentioned be inflicted by God upon thee. In the latter years Or days, as in the former clause, and Ezekiel 38:16; that is, toward the end of the world: compare Daniel 8:26. Thou Gog, with all thy numbers; shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword The land of the Jews, a people recovered from... 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 38:9

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 38:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 38:8-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:1-23

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