Ezekiel 38:7

Ezekiel 38:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Be ready and keep ready, you and all your hosts that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered about you; and be a guard for them.

Context of Ezekiel 38:7

5Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with buckler and helmet; 6Gomer with all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops--many peoples with you. “Be ready, and be prepared, you and all your contingents that are assembled around you, and be a guard for them. 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. 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.”

Ezekiel 38:7 word by word

הִכֹּן֙ וְהָכֵ֣ן לְךָ֔ אַתָּ֕ה וְכָל־קְהָלֶ֖ךָ הַנִּקְהָלִ֣ים עָלֶ֑יךָ וְהָיִ֥יתָ לָהֶ֖ם לְמִשְׁמָֽר׃Read the interlinear

• Beכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• you and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• your contingentsקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• that are assembledקָהַלqâhal · to gatherH6950
• aroundעַל‛al · uponH5921
• you, and be a guardמִשְׁמָרmishmâr · custodyH4929

Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:7

• 2 Chronicles 25:8But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle; yet God will bring you down before the enemy, for God has the power to help and to bring down.”
• Psalms 2:1Why are the nations restless And the peoples plotting in vain?
• Isaiah 8:9“Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; And listen, all remote places of the earth. Get ready, yet be shattered; Get ready, yet be shattered.
• Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the Lord has spoken against him: “She has shown contempt for you and derided you, The virgin daughter of Zion; The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind you!
• Jeremiah 46:3“Set up the buckler and shield, And advance to the battle!
• Jeremiah 51:12Lift up a signal flag against the walls of Babylon; Post a strong guard, Station sentries, Set up an ambush! For the Lord has both planned and performed What He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
• Joel 3:9Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for holy war; stir up the warriors! Have all the soldiers come forward, have them come up!
• Amos 4:12“Therefore so I will do to you, Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, Israel.”
• Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be taken, the houses plundered, the women raped, and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be eliminated from the city.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 38:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Spoken ironically. Make all thy preparations, they will be in vain.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. 77. Irony. Prepare thee and all thine with all needful accoutrements for war--that ye may perish together. be ... a guard unto them--that is, if thou canst.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Ezekiel, Book of
• Gog
• Company
• Ezekiel
• Guard

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