Special Note THE INTERPRETATION OF Ezekiel 38-39 In Chapter s 38-39 Ezekiel is predicting an unparalleled invasion by a dreadful foe. It is generally conceded by commentators that these Chapter s contain an apocalyptic element. In apocalyptic literature the setting is usually the end of the age. Thi... [ Continue Reading ]
III. THE DESTRUCTION OF GOD 39:1-20 In the first main division of chapter 39 Ezekiel emphasizes the certainty of the overthrow of God by repeating the substance of what he has already said about that defeat (Ezekiel 39:1-8). He then stresses the completeness of the destruction (Ezekiel 39:9-20). A... [ Continue Reading ]
B. The Completeness of the Destruction 39:9-20 TRANSLATION (9) And the inhabitants of the cities of Israel shall go out, and they shall burn the weapons and make fuel of them, even the shields, bucklers, bows, arrows, hand staves, and spears; and they shall make fires of them seven years. (10) And... [ Continue Reading ]
IV. THE RESULTS OF COG'S DESTRUCTION 39:21-24 TRANSLATION (21) And I will set My glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see MY judgment that I have executed, and MY hand that I have set against them. (22) So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God, from that day an... [ Continue Reading ]