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Ezekiel 38:21

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. , where we read that God caused Ammon and Moab to "stand up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them," and then "every one helped to destroy another," instead of destroying Jehoshaphat and Judah, as they had conspired to do).

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See also Ezekiel 38:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 38:21. _I WILL CALL FOR A SWORD AGAINST HIM_] Meaning _Judas_ _Maccabeus_, who defeated his army under Lysias, making a horrible carnage. - _Martin_. Cambyses had no wars in the mountain...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    EVERY MAN'S. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This invasion of Gog has been long predicted. It shall be the occasion of a final manifestation of himself by Jehovah to creation and the nations, which shall inspire universal awe, and leave in the m...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _every man's sword_ sign of a supernatural panic caused by Jehovah, Judges 7:22; 1 Samuel 14:20. LXX. has read first clause: I will summon against him all terrors (i.e. a panic)....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I WILL CALL FOR A SWORD— Calmet himself confesses upon this verse, that we do not read in the history of Cambyses of any war which he maintained on the mountains of Israel. The Hebrews indeed, says he...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    11. THE OVERTHROW OF GOG 38:14-23 TRANSLATION (14) Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say to God: Thus says the Lord GOD: in that day when My people Israel dwell safely, shall you not know it? (15)...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    § 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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ קָרָ֨אתִי עָלָ֤יו לְ כָל ־הָרַי֙ חֶ֔רֶב

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And I will call for a sword against him (o) throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. (o) Against the people of God and Magog....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Sword. The Jews were not in a condition to make resistance. (Calmet) --- Cambyses had his brother Smerdis slain. But another was set on the throne; whereupon, mounting his horse in a fury, he wounded...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    We have here the Lord's sore judgments denounced upon Gog. But as they are the same in greatness, and in multitude, as the Lord through the whole word of scripture uniformly holds forth to all the ene...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND I WILL CALL FOR A SWORD AGAINST HIM,.... That is, against Gog; or, as I would choose to render the words, "for I will call for a sword", so the particle is rendered, Ezekiel 38:19 and which Noldiu...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 21. _And I will call for a sword._] Against Antiochus by...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And I will call_ Rather, _But I will call, for a sword against him_ That is, when he has carried all before him for some time, I will at length raise up those who shall withstand him. God's doing a t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And I will call for a sword against him throughout all My mountains, saith the Lord God, so that the enemy would be overthrown in the Lord's specific domain, in the Church into which he has presumed t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SENTENCE OF DESTRUCTION UPON GOG...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    14-23 The enemy should make a formidable descent upon the land of Israel. When Israel dwell safely under the Divine protection, shalt not thou be made to know it by finding that endeavours to destroy...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    CALL; summon and awaken. A SWORD; my army, the people of Israel. _Against him_; Gog and his powers. THROUGHOUT ALL MY MOUNTAINS; from all parts of the land, called here mountains, because it was full...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 38:21 call H7121 (H8804) sword H2719 mountains H2022 says H5002 (H8803) Lord H136 GOD H3069 mans...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S FINAL JUDGMENTS. “And it will come about in that day when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” says the Lord Yahweh, “that my fury will come up into my nostrils, for I have spoken, in my jealo...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    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....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 14:20; 2 Chronicles 20:23; Ezekiel 14:17; Haggai 2:22;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sword — Israel. Throughout — From all parts of the land, which was full of mountains. Every man's sword — As it was in Jehoshaphat's time; and these swords may be meant by the sword God will call for...

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