EZEKIEL 38 Pg 3
In
the
latter days,
Gog and his bands
shall come against Israel out of the north
38:14 Therefore,
son of man,
[1] prophesy and
[2] say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
[a.] In that
day when my people of Israel dwelleth
safely [Ezek.
38:11],
[11.] shalt thou not know [it]?
38:15 And [b.] thou shalt come from thy place
[11.]
out of the
north parts [the land Magog, Rosh, Meshech,
Tubal and Togarmah are to the north of Israel (Ezek. 38:6;
Ezek. 39:2; c/p. Joel 2:20)],
[11.] thou, and
[12.] many people with thee,
[aa.] all of them riding upon horses,
[bb.] a great company, and
[cc.] a mighty army:
38:16 And [c.] thou shalt come up against my people of
Israel,
[11.] as a cloud [vs. 9] to cover the land;
[aa.] it shall be in the latter days (Ezek.
38:8), and
[d.] I will
bring thee against my land,
[11.] that the heathen may know me
[this is always God’s purpose in
judgment],
[aa.] when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog,
[111.] before their eyes [Israel shall see his destruction (c/p.
Ps. 91:8)].
38:17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; [Art] thou he of whom I have spoken in old
time
[1] by my servants the prophets
of Israel,
[a.] which
prophesied in those days [many] years
[11.] that I would bring thee against them?
The
destruction of the armies of Gog[1]
38:18 And it shall come to
pass
[1] at the same time [vs.
10]
[a.] when Gog shall come against the land of Israel,
[11.]
saith the Lord GOD, [that]
[2] my fury shall come up in
my face.
38:19 For [a.] in my jealousy [and]
[b.] in the fire of my wrath have I spoken,
[3] Surely in that day there
shall be
[a.]
a great
shaking [a massive earthquake]
[11.]
in the land of
Israel;
38:20 So that
[a.] the fishes of the sea, and
[b.] the fowls
of the heaven, and
[c.] the
beasts of the field, and
[d.] all
creeping things that creep upon the earth, and
[e.] all the men that [are] upon the face of the earth,
[11.] shall shake at my presence, and
[f.] the mountains [the mountains of Israel (Ezek. 38:8, Ezek 38:20-21; Ezek. 39:2)]
[11.] shall be thrown down, and
[g.] the steep places
[11.] shall fall, and
[h.] every
wall
[11.]
shall fall to the ground.
[4] I will
call for a sword against him [Gog]
[a.]
throughout all my mountains [of
Israel],
[11.]
saith the Lord GOD:
[a.] every man's sword
[11.] shall be [against] his brother.
[5] I will plead against him
[a.] with pestilence
and
[b.] with blood;
and
[6] I will rain
[a.] upon him,
and
[b.] upon his
bands, and
[c.] upon the many people that
[are] with him,
[11.] an overflowing rain, and
[12.] great hailstones,
[13.] fire, and
[14.] brimstone.
38:23 Thus will I
[1] magnify myself, and
[2] sanctify myself; and
[a.] I will be known
[11.] in the eyes of many nations [many, not all], and
[b.] they shall know that
[11.] I [am] the LORD.
[1] This judgment is similar to but not the same as the judgments on the armies of the Antichrist (c/p. Zechariah , chapters 12 through 14).
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