The land that is brought back, &c.— That is, from the sword of the Chaldeans. Houbigant renders the next clause, And gathered out of many nations to the mountains of Israel, which have been long waste, when all of the people who go forth shall dwell safely.
Verse Ezekiel 38:8. _IN THE LATTER YEARS THOU SHALT COME_] This was fulfilled about _four hundred_ years after.-_Martin_. The expedition of _Cambyses_ against Egypt was about _twelve_ years after the...
As Gog was drawn on to his attack upon Israel in order to his ultimate ruin, therefore his preparations were the first step in his visitation from the Almighty. AFTER MANY DAYS - For “many days.” Man...
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....
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:...
_thou shalt be visited_ Not in the frequent sense of visited with punishment, but in the sense of recalled to mind in order to be employed (cf. usage Ezekiel 23:21). Others: _mustered_, which is not v...
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN FINAL DELIVERANCE FOR GOD'S PEOPLE 38:1-39:29 Chapter s 38-39 deal with the efforts of some arch-enemy of God's people to invade and devastate the land of Israel. The tranquil scene...
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, whic...
38:8 visited; (d-7) Or 'Many days ago wast thou appointed.' safety. (e-59) Or 'at ease,' 'trustfully.' see 2 Kings 18:19 ....
§ 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...
THE LATTER YEARS] The invasion of Gog is in the distant future. THE LAND _that is.._ GATHERED, etc.] The sense requires 'the nation' to be supplied before 'that is gathered': see Ezekiel 38:12....
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...
AFTER MANY DAYS THOU SHALT BE VISITED. — This clause has been variously interpreted. The expression “after many days” is the common one to indicate that what is predicted is yet far in the future, and...
מִ יָּמִ֣ים רַבִּים֮ תִּפָּקֵד֒ בְּ אַחֲרִ֨ית...
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...
_Visited, or rather "shall visit" Judea. (Chaldean) (Grotius) --- Cambyses invaded Egypt twelve years after the Jews had returned, and came upon them two years later, designing to plunder them, at the...
I do not presume to say as much, but I would with reverence humbly ask, is not this a sweet promise to the Lord's people in the midst of the Lord's sore judgments to his enemies? Genesis 49:1....
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...
AFTER MANY DAYS THOU SHALT BE VISITED,.... After the Ottoman empire has stood a long time, as it has already; when the many days will be ended that Israel should be without a king and a prince, c. Hos...
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, w...
_After many days thou shalt be visited_ In the latter days of the Messiah's kingdom among men, or after a succession of many generations, shall the judgment here mentioned be inflicted by God upon the...
After many days thou shalt be visited, sought out by the Lord for carrying out His judgment; IN THE LATTER YEARS THOU SHALT COME INTO THE LAND THAT IS BROUGHT BACK FROM THE SWORD, delivered from warfa...
GOG PREPARES FOR WARFARE...
1-13 These events will be in the latter days. It is supposed these enemies will come together to invade the land of Judea, and God will defeat them. God not only sees who are now the enemies of his ch...
AFTER MANY DAYS: some refer this to the time of the Maccabees; about two hundred years after their return, and finishing the repairs of the city wall; others say after the expiring of the thousand yea...
Ezekiel 38:8 many H7227 days H3117 visited H6485 (H8735) latter H319 years H8141 come H935 (H8799
“Be prepared, yes, prepare yourselves, you and all your companies who are gathered to you, and you be a sentinel for them. After many days you will be mustered.” Gog is told to put his armies on the a...
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 38:8 Locating this episode in the LATTER YEARS in the LAND THAT IS RESTORED puts this oracle into the future (see the “latter days” in v....
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 Peter 2:9; Amos 9:14; Amos 9:15; Deuteronomy 4:30; Exodus 20:5;...
After many days — In the latter days of the Messiah's kingdom among men. In the later years — These must be cotemporary with the many days already mentioned. Thou — Gog with all thy numbers. The land...