Ezekiel 38:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. Ih... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. Ih... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN, See note on Ezekiel 2:4. GOG.. symbolical name for the nations north and east of Palestine, or the nations as. whole. That the prophecies of Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39 are still future is clear from Ezekiel 38:8; Ezekiel 38:14; Ezekiel 38:16; Ezekiel 39:9; Ezekiel 39:25;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. See note on Ezekiel 2:4. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6,... [ Continue Reading ]
TURN THEE BACK: or, lead thee away enticingly. Compare Isaiah 47:10 (perverted). Jeremiah 50:6. See the Oxford _Gesenius._ PUT HOOKS, &c. Compare Isaiah 37:29. Hebrew "curbs". ARMY, Hebrew "power"; put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for army, as translated. COMPANY. gathered... [ Continue Reading ]
ETHIOPIA. Cush. LIBYA. Phut. Compare Ezekiel 27:10; Ezekiel 30:5. These were descended from Ham (Genesis 10:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
GOMER. North of Asia Minor; also descended from Japheth (Genesis 10:3), TOGARMAH. Armenia. Compare Ezekiel 27:14, Also descended from Japheth (Genesis 10:3). BANDS. hordes. PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 reads "thou will be for Me. guard. ... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER MANY DAYS. Pointing to. then, and yet future time, when Israel shall have been recently "gathered", and before the Restoration is perfected, THE LATTER YEARS. See notes above and on Ezekiel 38:2. SAFELY. confidently.... [ Continue Reading ]
THINGS. words, or matters. THINK AN EVIL THOUGHT. devise. mischievous device. Compare Daniel 11:44; Daniel 11:45. EVIL. Hebrew. _ra`a`_ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNWALLED VILLAGES. mere hamlets.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO TAKE. SPOIL, &c. The Hebrew exhibits the Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6). "To spoil. spoil and to prey. prey". Compare Psalms 83:4, &c. UPON. against.. special various reading called Sevin (App-34) reads "over". PEOPLE: i.e. Israel, as in Ezekiel 39:13. not in verses: Ezekiel 38:6; Ezekie... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEBA, Ac. These are some who protest.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALT THOU NOT KNOW IT? The Septuagint reads "wilt thou not rouse thyself? ... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE LATTER DAYS. in the end of days. Still future. See notes on Ezekiel 38:2 and Ezekiel 38:8. THE HEATHEN MAY KNOW, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:10 HEATHEN. nations. WHEN. SHALL BE SANCTIFIED, &c.: or, by My hallowing Myself, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SAME TIME. that day. THE LAND OF ISRAEL. on the soil of Israel. Hebrew. _admath._ See note on Ezekiel 11:17. SAITH THE LORD GOD. [is] Adonai Jehovah's oracle.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHAKING. trembling.... [ Continue Reading ]
FALL. sink down.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY MAN'S. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
GREAT HAILSTONES. As in Joshua 10:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL KNOW, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:10.... [ Continue Reading ]