Ezekiel 38:11

Ezekiel 38:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
• New International Version (NIV)You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and say, 'I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,'
• New King James Version (NKJV)You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will go to a peaceful people, who dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates’—

Context of Ezekiel 38:11

9And you will go up, you will come like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.” 10‘This is what the Lord God says: “It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan, and you will say, ‘I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will go against those who are at rest, who live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates, 12to capture spoils and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the ruins that are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who live at the center of the world.’ 13Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will say to you, ‘Have you come to capture spoils? Have you assembled your contingent to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to capture great spoils?’”’

Ezekiel 38:11 word by word

וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ אֶֽעֱלֶה֙ עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ פְּרָז֔וֹת אָבוֹא֙ הַשֹּׁ֣קְטִ֔ים יֹשְׁבֵ֖י לָבֶ֑טַח כֻּלָּ֗ם יֹֽשְׁבִים֙ בְּאֵ֣ין חוֹמָ֔ה וּבְרִ֥יחַ וּדְלָתַ֖יִם אֵ֥ין לָהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• and you will sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I will goעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• unwalledפְּרָזָהperâzâh · villageH6519
• atשָׁקַטshâqaţ · to quietH8252
• who liveיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• securelyבֶּ֫טַחbeţach · securityH983
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• withoutאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• barsבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280
• or gatesדֶּ֫לֶתdeleth · doorH1817

Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:11

• Exodus 15:9The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; I shall be satisfied against them; I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’
• Psalms 10:9He lurks in secret like a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the needy; He catches the needy when he pulls him into his net.
• Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, Let’s lie in wait for blood, Let’s ambush the innocent without cause;
• Isaiah 37:24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of Lebanon; And I cut down its tall cedars and its choice junipers. And I will come to its highest peak, its thickest forest.
• Romans 3:15“Their feet are swift to shed blood,
• Judges 18:7So the five men departed and came to Laish, and saw the people who were in it living in security, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting; for there was no oppressive ruler humiliating them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
• Jeremiah 49:31Arise, go up against a nation which is at ease, Which lives securely,” declares the Lord. “It has no gates or bars; They dwell alone.
• Zechariah 2:4And he said to him, “Run, speak to that young man there, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as open country because of the multitude of people and cattle within it.
• Ezekiel 38:8After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual place of ruins; but its people were brought out from the nations, and they are living securely, all of them.
• Proverbs 3:29Do not devise harm against your neighbor, While he lives securely beside you.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 38:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Unwalled villages - Compare Zechariah 2:4-5.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-23In Ezekiel 37, the nation is reunited and lives in peace in its own land. In Ezekiel 38–39, this peaceful picture changes. A new danger appears. These chapters describe the attack, defeat, and removal of the final enemy, called Gog. Many readers have tried to identify Gog. Some have connected him with Gyges, king of Lydia, who ruled about 680 to 644 BC. However, the Gog described in the Bible goes beyond any one historical ruler. The text focuses less on…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. dwell safely--that is, securely, without fear of danger (compare Es 9:19). Antiochus, the type of Antichrist, took Jerusalem without a blow.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Ezekiel, Book of
• Gog
• Wall
• Bar (2)
• Ezekiel
• Fortification; Fort; Fortified Cities; Fortress
• Village

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