Ezekiel 38

Ezekiel 38:2

Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.

Son of man, denounce thou judgments against those princes and countries of the Gentiles, which shall, before the restoration of the Church by the coming of the Messiah, infest and oppress my people.

Ezekiel 38:3

Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

Behold, I am against thee, thou king of Syria; and against all those assistant princes, which aid thee in thy cruel dealings with my people:

Ezekiel 38:4

And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses, &c.

And I will bring thee back again from thine own land, by my overruling power; and will set thee on, and all thy forces, against Judah; and thou shalt come up against it, with a mighty army. XXXVIII. 5, 6. Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet. The rest of the nations also, even Persians from the east, Ethiopians from the south, the Moors from the west, the Phrygians from the north, shall join with them in this onset.

Ezekiel 38:7

And be thou a guard unto them.

And do thou encompass them round about with thy forces, on every side; so as they shall not be able to stir forth.

Ezekiel 38:8

After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste.

After many years I will visit thee with my judgments; for some two hundred years hence, thou shalt invade the land of my people, whom I shall have brought back from their captivity, and shall have gathered home out of many nations; even the mountains of Israel, which have been long wasted.

Ezekiel 38:9

Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land.

CZERIEL, CHAP. XXXVII.—XXXIX. Thou shalt, for suddenness and fury, come like a storm; and, for a multitude and frequence, like a dark cloud, shalt cover the land.

Ezekiel 38:10

And thou shalt think an evil thought.

Thou shalt conceive, and harbour, many subtle and cruel thoughts and projects, against my people.

Ezekiel 38:11

And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates.

I will go up to a land, that is easily invaded and overrun; as that which consists of unwalled villages, not able to bear out an assault: I will go to a secure people, that dwell, as they think, safely, in the confidence of the strength and number of the inhabitants.

Ezekiel 38:13

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, &c.?

Those nations, that have heretofore wont to live by sharking and spoil; and those seafaring men, who, upon the sea-coasts, have exercised piracy; shall say unto thee, Art thou come to rob and waste? Hast thou gathered thy company to take booties? to carry away silver and gold? Why didst thou not take us along with thee, &c.?

Ezekiel 38:14

Thus saith the Lord God; In that day, when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?

Thus saith the Lord; In that day, when my people of Israel give themselves over to security, and false confidence in their own strength, shall it not be made known to thee, that thou mayest be the executioners of my anger against them?

Ezekiel 38:16

When I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

When I shall be acknowledged just and righteous, in executing those judgments, which thy hand, O multitude of adverse nations, shall inflict upon Israel, before their eyes.