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, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah from the uttermost north, and all his bands; — many peoples with thee. 7Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself thou, and all thine assemblage that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. After many days shalt thou be visited; at the end of years thou shalt come into the land brought back from the sword [and] gathered out of many peoples, upon the mountains of Israel which have been a perpetual waste: but it is brought forth out from the peoples, and they shall all of them be dwelling in safety. 9And thou shalt ascend, thou shalt come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many peoples with thee. 10Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall even come to pass in that day that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought;

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

• manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• endאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• backשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• gatheredקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• peoplesעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• perpetualתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
• wasteחׇרְבָּהchorbâh · desolationH2723
• forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• dwellingיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:8

• Ezekiel 38:16And thou shalt come up against my people Israel as a cloud to cover the land — it shall be at the end of days — and I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be hallowed in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
• Genesis 49:1And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, and I will tell you what will befall you at the end of days.
• Numbers 24:14And now behold, I go to my people: come, I will admonish thee what this people will do to thy people at the end of days.
• Deuteronomy 4:30In thy tribulation, and when all these things shall come upon thee, at the end of days, thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and shalt hearken to his voice,
• Jeremiah 48:47But I will turn the captivity of Moab at the end of the days, saith Jehovah. Thus far is the judgement of Moab.
• Jeremiah 49:39But it shall come to pass at the end of the days, I will turn the captivity of Elam, saith Jehovah.
• Hosea 3:3And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be [another] man's, and I will also be for thee.
• Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but it hasteth to the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come, it will not delay.
• Exodus 20:5thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth [generation] of them that hate me,
• Isaiah 24:22And they shall be brought together, [as] an assemblage of prisoners for the pit, and shall be shut up in prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
• Isaiah 29:6Thou shalt be visited by Jehovah of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
• Jeremiah 32:5and he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith Jehovah: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?
• Lamentations 4:22The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity. He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
• Ezekiel 38:12to seize a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are [now] inhabited, and against a people gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the land.
• Ezekiel 36:24And I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
• Ezekiel 37:21And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them from every side, 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

In the dictionaries

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• Ezekiel, Book of
• Gog
• Ezekiel

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