Ezekiel 38:8

Ezekiel 38:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 all of them.
• New International Version (NIV)After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade 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 now all of them live in safety.
• English Standard Version (ESV)After many days you will be mustered. In the latter years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the land whose people were gathered from many peoples upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and now dwell securely, all of them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After many days you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely.

Context of Ezekiel 38:8

6Gomer with all its troops; and Beth-togarmah from the remotest parts of the north along with all its troops — many peoples are with you. 7“‘Be prepared and get yourself ready, you and your whole assembly that has been mobilized around you; you will be their guard. After a long time you will be summoned. In the last years you will enter a land that has been restored from war and regathered from many peoples to the mountains of Israel, which had long been a ruin. They were brought out from the peoples, and all of them now live securely. 9You, all of your troops, and many peoples with you will advance, coming like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land. 10“‘This is what the Lord God says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

Ezekiel 38:8 word by word

מִיָּמִ֣ים רַבִּים֮ תִּפָּקֵד֒ בְּאַחֲרִ֨ית הַשָּׁנִ֜ים תָּב֣וֹא׀ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ׀ מְשׁוֹבֶ֣בֶת מֵחֶ֗רֶב מְקֻבֶּ֙צֶת֙ מֵעַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים עַ֚ל הָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־הָי֥וּ לְחָרְבָּ֖ה תָּמִ֑יד וְהִיא֙ מֵעַמִּ֣ים הוּצָ֔אָה וְיָשְׁב֥וּ לָבֶ֖טַח כֻּלָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• After manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• thou shalt be visitedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• in the latterאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• thou shalt comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• brought backשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• from the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• gatheredקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• against the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• which have been alwaysתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
• wasteחׇרְבָּהchorbâh · desolationH2723
• but it is brought forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• and they shall dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• safelyבֶּ֫טַחbeţach · securityH983

Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:8

• Ezekiel 38:16You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the last days, Gog, that I will bring you against my land so that the nations may know me, when I demonstrate my holiness through you in their sight.
• Genesis 49:1Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather around, and I will tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.
• Numbers 24:14Now I am going back to my people, but first, let me warn you what these people will do to your people in the future.”
• Deuteronomy 4:30When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, in the future you will return to the Lord your God and obey him.
• Jeremiah 48:47Yet, I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the last days. This is the Lord’s declaration. The judgment on Moab ends here.
• Jeremiah 49:39Yet, in the last days, I will restore the fortunes of Elam. This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Hosea 3:3I said to her, “You are to live with me many days. You must not be promiscuous or belong to any man, and I will act the same way toward you.”
• Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it testifies about the end and will not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, since it will certainly come and not be late.
• Exodus 20:5Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me,
• Isaiah 24:22They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon; after many days they will be punished.
• Isaiah 29:6you will be punished by the Lord of Armies with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise, storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.
• Jeremiah 32:5He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him — this is the Lord’s declaration. For you will fight the Chaldeans, but you will not succeed.’”
• Lamentations 4:22Daughter Zion, your punishment is complete; he will not lengthen your exile. But he will punish your iniquity, Daughter Edom, and will expose your sins.
• Ezekiel 38:12in order to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against ruins now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have been acquiring cattle and possessions and who live at the center of the world.
• Ezekiel 36:24“‘For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
• Ezekiel 37:21tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: I am going to take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 38:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8In 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 return of the Jews from Babylon. - Calmet.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8As 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.” Many a long day shall the hand of God be upon thee, drawing thee on to thy ruin, and in the latter days shalt thou come. The land - literally, a “land” once laid waste by the sword, but now delivered from it, whose inhabitants once scattered have been gathered…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8After a long time (literally after many days) … In the latter years (literally in the end of the years): This battle is described as a final and climactic conflict. It would come before a lasting time of peace. Some people believe this battle will be a real event at the end of history. Others believe it is a symbolic picture (a literary image) that shows how the Lord protects his people in every age. In this view, the battle represents the ongoing…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. thou shall be visited--in wrath, by God (Is 29:6). Probably there is allusion to Is 24:21, 22, "The host of the high ones ... shall be gathered ... as prisoners ... in the pit ... and after many days shall they be visited." I therefore prefer English Version to Grotius rendering, "Thou shalt get the command" of the expedition. The "after many days" is defined by "in the latter years," that is, in the times just before the coming of Messiah, namely…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings