Ezekiel 38:9-16 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

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 38:9

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:10

Thus saith the Lord, it shall also come to pass ,.... Who is the Lord God omniscient, and knows the thoughts of men's hearts afar off; which, though they are contingent and voluntary, yet certain to the foreknowledge of God; who knows them before they are conceived, and can foretell what they will be, and which come to pass accordingly: it is now above two thousand years ago since this was said, and as yet is not fulfilled, but certainly will be: that at the same time shall things come... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:11

And thou shall say ,.... What came into his mind, and what he thought of; this he shall say to his privy counsellors and ministers of state; or to the generals and officers of his army; or to his confederates and allies, and even to them all, to have their opinion and approbation of it; and to encourage them to join him, and go with him: I will go up to the land of unwalled villages ; a land which has nothing but villages in it, and those no walls about them to protect them: this he said... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:12

To take a spoil, and to take a prey ,.... These are the words of Gog continued; suggesting that he should have no occasion to fight; should have nothing else to do but to seize upon the goods and plunder the substance of these people: to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited : such as were before desolate, and had lain long so, but now peopled and cultivated; these he would attack and demolish, and make a spoil and prey of: and upon the people that are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:13

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish ,.... These are not any of the people that shall come along with Gog on his expedition; but some neighbouring nations bordering on Judea, who will address him in the following manner, as he passes through them, or by them. Sheba and Dedan design the Arabians inhabiting that part of Arabia which lay near to Judea, even Arabia Petraea and Felix; and the merchants of Tarshish are the Tyrians and Zidonians that traded by sea, as Tarshish sometimes... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:14

Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say unto Gog ,.... Since these are his thoughts and designs, and those his big words, and which he will endeavour to put in practice, and be applauded for it by others; deliver this prophecy to him, or concerning him: thus saith the Lord God, in that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shall thou not know it ? that Israel are returned to their own land? that they dwell in it safely? that they have abundance of cattle, gold, and silver that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:15

And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts ,.... Whose original was from Scythia, or Cathaia in Tartary, that lies to the north of China; and who will bring with him many people from the Euxine and Caspian seas, and from the northern parts of lesser Asia; and the Turk is, by many interpreters, thought to be the king of the north, in Daniel 11:44 as before observed: thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses ; the Turkish armies consisting chiefly of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:16

And thou shall come up against my people of Israel ,.... Which is repeated for the certainty of it; and not for his comfort, but his ruin; not to the terror of Israel, but for the glory of God: as a cloud to cover the land ; the land of Israel, so great should be his army; See Gill on Ezekiel 38:9 , it shall be in the latter days ; of the Gospel state, or kingdom of the Messiah, when the Jews shall be converted, and are returned to their own land, Hosea 3:5 , and I will bring... read more

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 38:16

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