Ezekiel 38:22

Ezekiel 38:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
• New International Version (NIV)I will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

Context of Ezekiel 38:22

20The fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence; the mountains also will be thrown down, the steep pathways will collapse and every wall will fall to the ground. 21I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains,” declares the Lord God. “Every man’s sword will be against his brother. With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone. 23I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the Lord.”’

Ezekiel 38:22 word by word

וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּ֥י אִתּ֖וֹ בְּדֶ֣בֶר וּבְדָ֑ם וְגֶ֣שֶׁם שׁוֹטֵף֩ וְאַבְנֵ֨י אֶלְגָּבִ֜ישׁ אֵ֣שׁ וְגָפְרִ֗ית אַמְטִ֤יר עָלָיו֙ וְעַל־אֲגַפָּ֔יו וְעַל־עַמִּ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• With pestilenceדֶּ֫בֶרdeber · pestilenceH1698
• and with bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• I will enterשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• with him; and I will rainמָטַרmâţar · to rainH4305
• on him and on his troopsאֲגַף'aggâph · bandH102
• and on the manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• peoplesעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• a torrentialשָׁטַףshâţaph · to overflowH7857
• rainגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653
• hailstonesאֶלְגָּבִישׁ'elgâbîysh · hailH417
• hailstonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• and brimstoneגׇּפְרִיתgophrîyth · brimstoneH1614

Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:22

• Isaiah 66:16For the Lord will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on all flesh, And those slain by the Lord will be many.
• Jeremiah 25:31A clamor has come to the end of the earth, Because the Lord has a controversy with the nations. He is entering into judgment with all flesh; As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,’ declares the Lord.”
• Zechariah 14:12Now this will be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth.
• Ezekiel 5:17Moreover, I will send on you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you of children; plague and bloodshed also will pass through you, and I will bring the sword on you. I, the Lord, have spoken.’”
• Ezekiel 13:11so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out.
• Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven,
• Exodus 9:22Now the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.”
• Joshua 10:11As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, the Lord threw large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.
• Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked He will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup.
• Psalms 18:12From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire.
• Psalms 77:16The waters saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were in anguish; The deeps also trembled.
• Isaiah 28:17I will make justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies And the waters will overflow the secret place.
• Isaiah 29:6From the Lord of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.
• Isaiah 30:30And the Lord will cause His voice of authority to be heard, And the descending of His arm to be seen in fierce anger, And in the flame of a consuming fire In cloudburst, downpour and hailstones.
• Matthew 7:27The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell--and great was its fall.”
• Revelation 16:21And huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely severe.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 38:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Great hailstones, fire, and brimstone - These are probably figurative expressions, to signify that the whole tide of the war should be against him, and that his defeat and slaughter should be great. Abp. Newcome supposes all the above prophecy remains yet to be fulfilled. Where such eminent scribes are divided, who shall decide!Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-23Verses 14-23 The enemy should make a formidable descent upon the land of Israel. When Israel dwell safely under the Divine protection, shalt not thou be made to know it by finding that endeavours to destroy them are made in vain? Promises of security are treasured up in the word of God, against the troubles and dangers the church may be brought into in the latter days. In the destruction of sinners, God makes it appear that he is a great and holy God. We…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-23sword … plague and bloodshed … torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur: Israel had faced similar punishments before (see Ezekiel 13:13). Now those punishments were inflicted on Israel’s enemies. The divine warrior was once again defending his people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. plead--a forensic term; because God in His inflictions acts on the principles of His own immutable justice, not by arbitrary impulse (Is 66:16; Jr 25:31). blood ... hailstones, fire--(Re 8:7; 16:21). The imagery is taken from the destruction of Sodom and the plagues of Egypt (compare Psa 11:6). Antiochus died by "pestilence" (2 Maccabees 9:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 38:22

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Brimstone
• Judgments

In the dictionaries

• Brimstone
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Gog
• Bowing
• Ezekiel
• Hail (1)
• Lake of Fire
• Plead

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