Ezekiel 39:6

Ezekiel 39:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in safety in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

Context of Ezekiel 39:6

4You will fall to the ground on Israel's mountains. You, your soldiers and the people who are with you will all die there. Vultures and wild animals will eat your dead bodies. 5Your bodies will lie in the fields. I, the Almighty Lord, have said that this will happen. I will send fires to burn in Magog. They will burn the people who live safely in towns on the coast of the sea. Then they will know that I am the Lord. 7My people, Israel will know that my name is holy. No longer will I let them say bad things about me. And the nations round you will know that I, the Lord am the holy God in Israel. 8I promise that I will cause this to happen. You can be sure that this day will come, says the Lord God. I told you that this day would come.

Ezekiel 39:6 word by word

וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־אֵ֣שׁ בְּמָג֔וֹג וּבְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָאִיִּ֖ים לָבֶ֑טַח וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• on Magogמָגוֹגmâgôg · MagogH4031
• and among them that dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• carelesslyבֶּ֫טַחbeţach · securityH983
• in the islesאִי'îy · coastlandH339
• and they shall knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Ezekiel 39:6

• Ezekiel 30:8I will burn Egypt with fire. I will destroy all those who fight to help Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 38:19I promise you this, because I am so very angry. On that day, there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.
• Amos 1:4I will send a fire to destroy the palace that King Hazael built. It will destroy the strong buildings of King Ben-Hadad.
• Nahum 1:6Nobody can fight God when he is very angry. The Lord pours his anger out like fire and he breaks the rocks in his path.
• Ezekiel 38:11You will say: ‘We will attack a land where the villages have no walls around them. The people are living quietly in peace and we will attack them. They have no walls or strong gates to keep them safe.
• Judges 18:7So the five men continued on their journey. They arrived at Laish. They saw that it was a safe place to live. The people of Laish were not afraid of any trouble. They lived in peace, like the Sidonians do. Their land gave them everything that they needed, so they were rich. They lived a long way from the Sidonians, and there were no other people who would help them.
• Ezekiel 38:6All the soldiers from Gomer will join you. An army from Beth Togarmah will also come with all its soldiers from far away in the north. So armies from many nations will be with you.”
• Psalms 72:10Kings from Spain and from other far places will pay taxes to him. Kings from Sheba and from Seba will bring gifts to him.
• Isaiah 66:19I will do a great thing among them, to show them my power. I will send some of the people who are still alive to other nations. They will go to: Tarshish, Libya, Lydia (where their soldiers shoot arrows very well), Tubal, Greece, and lands far away, where people have never heard about me and they do not know how great I am. Those people will tell other nations about my great glory.’
• Jeremiah 25:22all the kings of Tyre and all the kings of Sidon; the kings of the nations around the Mediterranean Sea;
• Zephaniah 2:11The Lord will make them afraid. He will destroy all the false gods. People will worship him instead. Every person, in his own place, will worship God. They will also worship him in the places where the people now believe in false gods.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 39:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I will send a fire on Magog - On Syria. I will destroy the Syrian troops. And among them that dwell carelessly in the isles - The auxiliary troops that came to Antiochus from the borders of the Euxine Sea. - Martin.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The judgment is extended to “the isles” (or, seacoast) to show that it should fall not only on Gog and his land, but on those who share Gog‘s feelings of hatred and opposition to the kingdom of God.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Gog’s homeland would be destroyed. The harm that his armies and his allies had planned for others would fall back on them. Those who felt safe would suffer the same destruction they had intended for others.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. carelessly--in self-confident security. the isles--Those dwelling in maritime regions, who had helped Gog with fleets and troops, shall be visited with the fire of God's wrath in their own lands.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 39:6

• Magog
• Security

In the dictionaries

• Ezekiel, Book of
• Gog
• Careless; Carelessly
• Coast
• Ezekiel
• Island; Isle
• Magog

Commentaries on Ezekiel 39

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings