And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ver. 1. _And the word._] This particle and showeth the dependence of this discourse upon the former. God's people shall be brought to their own country. The Lord Christ also shall sit upon the throne of his father David. But between these two great ben... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, Ver. 2. _Set thy face against Gog,_] _i.e., _ Against those last enemies of the Church, before Shiloh come; the kings of the lesser Asia and Syria before his first coming (see t... [ Continue Reading ]
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: Ver. 3. _Behold, I am against thee, O Gog._] _Ecce ego ad re,_ Have at thee, Gog, _ The chief prince of Meshech and Tubal._] These two are thus conjoined to show, as some think, that Turks a... [ Continue Reading ]
_And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts [of armour, even] a great company [with] bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:_ Ver. 4. _And I will turn thee back._] As he... [ Continue Reading ]
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Ver. 5. _Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya._] A numerous army from all parts. The Church is against all the world, and all the world against the Church. _Hic vir totius orbis impetum sustinuit,_ saith one once concerning Athanasiu... [ Continue Reading ]
Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: [and] many people with thee. Ver. 6. _Gomer, and all his bands._] The Cimbrians or Cimmerians, saith Melanchthon; the Galatians, saith Theodoret. _ The house of Togarmah._] The Phrygians, as some; the Armenia... [ Continue Reading ]
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 all thy forces, and see to their safety. But canst thou ward off my blows? moat thyself up against my... [ Continue Reading ]
After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land [that is] brought back from the sword, [and is] gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. Ver. 9. _Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm._] With great hurry and terror, but it shall soon blow over. _ Thou shalt be like a cloud._] _Sed cito transib... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, [that] at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:_ Ver. 10. _Things shall come into thy mind._] _Ascendent verba super cor tuum._ Thou shalt machinate mischief, but it shall fall on thine own pate. Oh... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, Ver. 11. _I will go up to the land of unwalled villages._] That care not to fortify their towns, but commi... [ Continue Reading ]
To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places [that are now] inhabited, and upon the people [that are] gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. Ver. 12. _To take a spoil._] Heb., To spoil the spoil, and... [ Continue Reading ]
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? Ver. 13. _Sheba and Dedan._] The... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know [it]? Ver. 14. _Prophesy and say unto Gog._] Say it over again, that it may be the better considered, for the strengthening of the hands and hearts of... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: Ver. 15. _Out of the north parts._] _Ab aquilone nihil boni._ From spiritual Babylon comes all mischief to the Church. The king of Syria is... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. Ver. 16. _And thou shalt come up against my people._]... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; [Art] thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days [many] years that I would bring thee against them? Ver. 17. _Art thou he?_] It is sure enough thou art he; for I cannot be deceived in thee, nor shall fail... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, [that] my fury shall come up in my face. Ver. 18. _My fury shall come up in my face._] Though it do not presently break forth. _Ira Dei quo diuturnior, eo minacior._ “ _Poena venit gravio... [ Continue Reading ]
For in my jealousy [and] in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; Ver. 19. _For in my jealousy._] God first kindleth, and then speaketh, and then shaketh the earth. His wrath is like Elijah's cloud, which was at first but a smal... [ Continue Reading ]
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that [are] upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the Maccabees; against the Turk and Pope by the Christian princes, Hunniades, Scanderbeg, Queen Eliz... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that [are] with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Ver. 22. _An overflowing rain, and great hailstones._] As once at the general delu... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I [am] the LORD. Ver. 23. _Thus will I magnify myself._] This end God proposeth to himself in all his works; and well he may, since he hath none higher than himself to whom to... [ Continue Reading ]