And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, The objections to a literal interpretation of the prophecy are -- (1) The ideal nature of the name Gog, which is the root of Magog, the only kindred name found in Scripture or history. (2) The nations congregated are selected from places most dista... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, GOG - the prince of the land of Magog. The title was probably a common one of the kings of the country, as "Pharaoh" in Egypt. Chakan was the name given by the northern Asiat... [ Continue Reading ]
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: I AM AGAINST THEE, O GOG, THE CHIEF PRINCE OF MESHECH AND TUBAL. His high-sounding titles are repeated, to imply the haughty self-confidence of the invader as invincible.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: I WILL TURN THEE BACK - as a refractory wild be... [ Continue Reading ]
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: PERSIA ... LIBYA. Expressly specified by Appian as supplying the ranks of Antiochus' army.... [ Continue Reading ]
Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. GOMER - the Celtic Cimmerians of Crim-Tartary. TOGARMAH - the Armenians of the Caucasus, south of Iberia.... [ Continue Reading ]
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. BE THOU PREPARED ... THOU, AND ALL THY COMPANY. Irony. Prepare thee and all thine with all needful accoutrements for war, that ye may perish together! BE THOU A GUA... [ Continue Reading ]
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: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely al... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. THOU SHALT BE LIKE A CLOUD TO COVER THE LAND - with the multitude of thy forces.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: THOU SHALT THINK AN EVIL THOUGHT - as to attacking God's people in their defenseless state.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 TO THEM THAT ARE AT REST, THAT DWELL SAFELY - i:e., securely, without fear of danger (cf. ).... [ Continue Reading ]
To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. TO TURN THINE HAND ... UPON THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GATHERED OUT... [ Continue Reading ]
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, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? SHEBA, AND DEDAN, AND THE MER... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? SAY UNTO GOG ... IN THAT DAY WHEN MY PEOPLE OF ISRAEL DWELLETH SAFELY, SHALT THOU NOT KNOW IT? - to thy cost, being visited with punishment, wh... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT COME FROM THY PLACE OUT OF THE NORTH PARTS, THOU, AND MANY PEOPLE WITH THEE, ALL OF THEM RIDING UPON HORSES, A GREAT COMPANY, AND A MIGHTY ARMY:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. I WILL BRING THEE AGAINST MY LAND, THAT THE HEATHEN... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? ART THOU HE OF WHOM I HAVE SPOKEN IN OLD TIME BY MY SERVANTS THE PROPHETS OF ISRAEL? Gog and Magog are here... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. MY FURY SHALL COME UP IN MY FACE - literally, into my nose; in Hebrew the idiomatic expression for anger, as men in anger breathe strongly through... [ Continue Reading ]
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; SURELY IN THAT DAY THERE SHALL BE A GREAT SHAKING - an earthquake; physical agitations after accompanying social and moral revolution. Foretold also in ; cf. Hag... [ Continue Reading ]
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and e... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. EVERY MAN'S SWORD SHALL BE AGAINST HIS BROTHER. I will destroy them partly by my people's sword, partly by their swords being turned against one another (cf. ,... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. I WILL PLEAD AGAINST HIM. A forensic term; because God in His inflictions acts on... [ Continue Reading ]