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Spoken ironically. Make all thy preparations, they will be in vain....
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Ezekiel 38:1; Ezekiel 39:1. There will be at that time of restoration
a great and final invasion of the land of Israel. Gog and Magog will
invade the land “that is brought back from the sword, and is...
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EZEKIEL 38. GOG'S INVASION (EZEKIEL 38:1), DESIGN (EZEKIEL 38:10), AND
DESTRUCTION (EZEKIEL 38:17). Gog, of the land of Magog, seems from the
names of the peoples that follow (cf....
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COMPANY. So (singular) in many codices and seven early printed
editions; but some codices, with three early printed editions, read
plural. See note on Ezekiel 38:4.
BE THOU. GUARD, &c. Septuagint rea...
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Injunction to Gog to be in readiness for the latter days when Jehovah
shall lead him forth
7. _a guard unto them_ The term means something to be kept or
observed, a rallying point; Gog shall be the le...
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BE THOU PREPARED— _Come, make thy preparations, thou and all,_ &c.
meaning the warlike preparations. But Cambyses made no warlike
preparations against Judaea, nor entered that country before he had
lo...
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
FINAL DELIVERANCE FOR GOD'S PEOPLE
38:1-39:29
Chapter s 38-39 deal with the efforts of some arch-enemy of God's
people to invade and devastate the land of Israel. The tranquil scene...
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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 the...
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38:7 guard (c-22) Or 'chief,' 'commander.' Same word as 'watch,'
Jeremiah 51:12 ....
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§ 1. THE RESTORATION (EZEKIEL 33-39)
After an introductory passage (Ezekiel 33:1), and two short prophecies
against the wicked survivors of Jerusalem and the careless exiles
(Ezekiel 33:21), this sect...
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BE THOU A GUARD UNTO THEM] LXX reads, 'hold thyself in reserve for
me.'...
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EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD”
GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 38
V1 The *LORD spoke to me. V2 ‘*Son of man, look toward Gog...
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BE THOU A GUARD UNTO THEM. — Every preparation is to be made on the
part of Gog and the nations, and then Gog himself is to be their
guard, or to control and guide the assault....
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הִכֹּן֙ וְ הָכֵ֣ן לְךָ֔ אַתָּ֕ה וְ כָל
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JEHOVAH'S FINAL VICTORY
Ezekiel 38:1; Ezekiel 39:1
THESE Chapter s give the impression of having been intended to stand
at the close of the book of Ezekiel. Their present position is best
explained o...
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The final message concerning the nation dealt with matters far removed
from the times of the prophet. In the dim distance he saw Gog of the
land of Magog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, gathering...
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Be thou prepared, and (e) prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy
company that are assembled to thee, and be thou a guard to them.
(e) Signifying that all the people of the world would assemble
themse...
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The curious in searching for the discovery of what is concealed, more
than for the improvement of what the Lord hath made known, have been
much puzzled and perplexed to explain what is meant by Gog an...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 AND 39.
Gog, not fearing Jehovah, seeks to take possession of the land. He has
no thought that Jehovah is there. His pride blinds him.
It is very importan...
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BE THOU PREPARED, AND PREPARE FOR THYSELF,.... All warlike stores and
provisions: this is ironically said; and suggests that he would do so,
and yet all would be in vain, and to no purpose:
THOU AND...
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Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company
that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Ver. 7. _Be thou prepared._] _Comparator et compara te; _ muster up
a...
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_Be thou prepared_ The prophet, speaking ironically, encourages Gog
and his allies to make all warlike preparations, and muster all their
forces together, that God might gain the greater honour by the...
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1-13 These events will be in the latter days. It is supposed these
enemies will come together to invade the land of Judea, and God will
defeat them. God not only sees who are now the enemies of his ch...
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BE THOU PREPARED: it is an irony; God, the prophet, and the church
deride this mighty preparation, as once the daughter of Zion laughed
Sennacherib, that proud Assyrian, to scorn, and the scoff is dou...
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Ezekiel 38:7 Prepare H3559 (H8734) ready H3559 (H8685) companies H6951
gathered H6950 (H8737) guard H4929...
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“Be prepared, yes, prepare yourselves, you and all your companies
who are gathered to you, and you be a sentinel for them. After many
days you will be mustered.”
Gog is told to put his armies on the a...
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“In the latter days you will come to the land that is brought back
from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples on the mountains
of Israel, which have been a continual waste, but it (Israel) i...
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CONTENTS: Prophecy against Gog.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel.
CONCLUSION: God does not only see those who are now the enemies of His
people, but foresees those who will be so in the last days, and lets...
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Ezekiel 38:2. _Set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog._ Gog is
here taken for the king, or collectively for the princes of Scythia,
Iberia, and the east. The Scythians descended from Magog. Genes...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 38:1 Ezekiel addresses the mysterious Gog,
ruler of the equally mysterious Magog (see note on 38:2). He
pronounces judgment on Gog for attacking the renewed Israel ...
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THE WARLIKE ASSAULT OF GOG, AND ITS REPULSE. (Chap. 38)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 38:2. “GOG.” “An ideal name; it is
simply the root of Magog, the only related name known to history. The
whole prophe...
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EXPOSITION
The present and the following chapters, comprising the next oracle, or
"word of God," delivered by the prophet, relate to the expedition
(Ezekiel 38:1), overthrow (Ezekiel 38:14), and destr...
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CHAPTER S 38, 39.
THE ASSAULT OF GOG, AND HIS DESTRUCTION.
THE last portion of the prophecy, which began at Ezekiel 37, stretches
through these two next Chapter s, which properly form but one piece....
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Now in chapter 38:
The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set your face
against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief (Ezekiel 38:1-2)
And the word translated chief is the word Rosh. And...
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2 Chronicles 25:8; Amos 4:12; Isaiah 37:22; Isaiah 8:10; Isaiah 8:9;...
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Be thou prepared — God and the church deride this mighty
preparation....