Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 38:16
I shall be sanctified in thee - I shall be shown to be holy and just in avenging Myself of Mine enemy.
I shall be sanctified in thee - I shall be shown to be holy and just in avenging Myself of Mine enemy.
Verse Ezekiel 38:16. _WHEN I SHALL BE SANCTIFIED IN THEE, O GOG_] By the defeat of his troops under _Lysias_, his general. _1Mac 3:32, 33_, c., and Ezekiel 6:6....
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...
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....
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
Cf. Ezekiel 38:9. _shall be sanctified_ Or, get me sanctifying, i.e. recognition as "holy" "holy" having the meaning of all that which God alone is. The rendering "shew myself holy" is less natural, t...
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)...
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...
§ 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...
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...
LATTER DAYS. — The expression is indefinite but concurs with those in Ezekiel 38:8 in indicating a distant future....
וְ עָלִ֨יתָ֙ עַל ־עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כֶּֽ †...
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...
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...
And thou shalt come against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the (k) latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I (l) shall...
_Latter. Cambyses had punished Egypt, his turn came, and all his designs were baffled._...
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...
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...
AND THOU SHALL COME UP AGAINST MY PEOPLE OF ISRAEL,.... Which is repeated for the certainty of it; and not for his comfort, but his ruin; not to the terror of Israel, but for the glory of God: AS A C...
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 s...
_In that day_, &c. At that remarkable time, when I shall gather my people from their dispersions and bring them again to their own land, and they shall be established therein and _dwell safely_, witho...
and thou shalt come up against My people of Israel, in an attack intended to overthrow the power of the Church, AS A CLOUD TO COVER THE LAND, IT SHALL BE IN THE LATTER DAYS, in the Messianic era and i...
THE SENTENCE OF DESTRUCTION UPON GOG...
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...
On the first part of the verse, see EZEKIEL 38:9. IN THE LATTER DAYS: see EZEKIEL 38:8. I WILL BRING THEE: see EZEKIEL 38:4. THAT THE HEATHEN MAY KNOW ME: Gog gathers all from all quarters to be with
Ezekiel 38:16 up H5927 (H8804) people H5971 Israel H3478 cloud H6051 cover H3680 (H8763) land H776 latter...
FURTHER WORDS TO GOG. God now, through Ezekiel, addresses further words to Gog. Gog is greedy for what he can extract from God's people. But he has reckoned without God. “Therefore, son of man, proph...
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...
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...
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—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 38:16 LIKE A CLOUD. Huge numbers of Gog’s soldiers will come against Israel. This theme is repeated throughout these chapters. Once again, God is sovereign over Gog’s actions ...
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...
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...
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....
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...
1 Samuel 17:45; 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Kings 19:19; 2 Timothy 3:1; Da
I will bring — I will permit thee to come. Sanctified — Confessed to be a great God over all, a gracious and faithful God to his people, and a dreadful enemy and avenger against the wicked. Before — l...