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    Ezekiel 38

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    Gog’s enormous invasion is planned as a raid on unwalled villages: the people’s security, having neither bars nor gates, becomes the very advertisement for their livestock, silver, gold, and goods.

    The army on a hookvv. 1–9

    The word comes to Ezekiel, who is told to set his face against Gog of Magog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. The Lord GOD declares Himself against him, then promises to turn him around, put hooks in his jaws, and bring him out with his army. It is a wonderfully physical beginning for a campaign: the grand commander is handled like a creature being led from a stall. Persia, Cush, Put, Gomer, and Beth-togarmah gather with him, and Gog is told to prepare himself and act as their guard. After a long time, he will enter the land of Israel, where a people gathered from many nations dwell securely among mountains long desolate; the army will advance like a thunderstorm, or a cloud covering the land.

    The proposed shopping expeditionvv. 10–17

    Then the plan arrives in Gog’s mind. He will attack a quiet people living without walls, bars, or gates, and seize the spoil. Sheba, Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish respond with the chapter’s driest interruption: after all that assembling of hordes, they ask whether this is simply a matter of carrying off silver, gold, cattle, and goods. Gog comes from the far north with a mighty horde, but the Lord GOD says that the advance against Israel will reveal His holiness before the nations. There is even a pointed question about whether Gog is the one spoken of by the prophets long ago; the answer is left to the advancing army and the events that follow.

    The land answersvv. 18–23

    When Gog comes against Israel, the Lord GOD’s wrath flares up, and the land of Israel receives a great earthquake. The disturbance is gloriously comprehensive: fish, birds, beasts, crawling creatures, and all mankind tremble; mountains fall, cliffs collapse, and every wall comes down. Then the army’s unity expires. A sword is summoned against Gog, and every man’s sword turns against his brother, before plague, bloodshed, rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur complete the scene. The chapter ends with the Lord GOD magnifying and sanctifying Himself before many nations, who will know that He is the LORD.

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    1. Ezek 38:1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2. Ezek 38:2“Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him

    3. Ezek 38:3and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

    4. Ezek 38:4I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.

    5. Ezek 38:5Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,

    6. Ezek 38:6as well as Gomer with all its troops, and Beth-togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.

    7. Ezek 38:7Get ready; prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you; you will be their guard.

    8. Ezek 38:8After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.

    9. Ezek 38:9You and all your troops, and many peoples with you will go up, advancing like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.

    10. Ezek 38:10This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

    11. Ezek 38:11You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a quiet people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—

    12. Ezek 38:12in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’

    13. Ezek 38:13Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’

    14. Ezek 38:14Therefore prophesy, son of man, and tell Gog that this is what the Lord GOD says: On that day when My people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not take notice of this?

    15. Ezek 38:15And you will come from your place out of the far north—you and many peoples with you, all riding horses—a mighty horde, a huge army.

    16. Ezek 38:16You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.

    17. Ezek 38:17This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one of whom I have spoken in former days through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who in those times prophesied for years that I would bring you against them?

    18. Ezek 38:18Now on that day when Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, My wrath will flare up.

    19. Ezek 38:19In My zeal and fiery rage I proclaim that on that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

    20. Ezek 38:20The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.

    21. Ezek 38:21And I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man’s sword will be against his brother.

    22. Ezek 38:22I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.

    23. Ezek 38:23I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’’

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 2Ezekiel 39:1“As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
    • 23Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
    • 5Ezekiel 27:10Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
    • 72 Chronicles 25:8Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”
    • 15Ezekiel 39:2I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.
    • 17Daniel 11:40–45At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.
    • 21Haggai 2:22I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.
    • 23Revelation 19:1–6After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
    • 23Ezekiel 38:16You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
    • 2Genesis 10:2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
    • 2Ezekiel 38:3and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
    • 2Ezekiel 27:13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
    • 4Ezekiel 29:4But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.
    • 5Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
    • 6Ezekiel 27:14The men of Beth-togarmah exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your wares.
    • 8Isaiah 24:22They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.

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