Ezekiel 38:1-29

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 (Ezekiel 38:1, Ezekiel 38:7). However, there is a power greater than Gog. The sovereign God of Israel reigns over Gog’s plans, which will be used to defend God’s holiness (Ezekiel 38:14). Gog and his hordes attack, bringing danger to God’s people and to the natural world. But the army meets the wrath of God, who brings honor to himself before the nations (Ezekiel 38:17). Gog’s army falls (Ezekiel 39:1), an event that strengthens God’s people as they see the greatness of their God (Ezekiel 39:7). No question will remain about the reason for Israel’s earlier exile: the all-powerful God withdrew from them because of their treachery, but this final victory displays God’s supremacy (Ezekiel 39:21) and marks the final restoration of his people (Ezekiel 39:25).