Ezekiel 38
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Ezekiel 38:1-9

1Now the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 cameH1961 to me, sayingH559, 2“SonH1121 of manH120, setH7760 your faceH6440 towardH413 1GogH1463 of the landH776 of 2MagogH4031, the 3chiefH7218 princeH5387 of 4MeshechH4902 and 5TubalH8422, and prophesyH5012 againstH5921 him, 3and sayH559, ‘ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH136 6GodH3068 saysH559: “BeholdH2009, I am againstH413 you, GogH1463, chiefH7218 princeH5387 of MeshechH4902 and TubalH8422. 4So I will turnH7725 you aroundH7725 and putH5414 hooksH2397 into your jawsH3895, and I will 7bringH3318 you outH3318, and allH3605 your armyH2428, 8horsesH5483 and horsemenH6571, allH3605 of them magnificentlyH4358 dressedH3847, a greatH7227 contingentH6951 with shieldH6793 and 9bucklerH4043, allH3605 of them wieldingH8610 swordsH2719; 510PersiaH6539, 1112CushH3568, and 13PutH6316 with them, allH3605 of them with bucklerH4043 and helmetH3553; 614GomerH1586 with allH3605 its troopsH102; 15Beth-togarmahH1004H8425 from the remoteH3411 partsH3411 of the northH6828 with allH3605 its troopsH102--manyH7227 peoplesH5971 with you.

7“16BeH3559 readyH3559, and beH3559 preparedH3559, you and allH3605 your contingentsH6951 that are assembledH6950 aroundH5921 you, and be a guardH4929 for them. 817AfterH4480 manyH7227 daysH3117 you will be summonedH6485; in the latterH319 yearsH8141 you will comeH935 into the landH776 that is restoredH7725 from the swordH2719, whose inhabitants have been 18gatheredH6908 from manyH7227 19nationsH5971 to the 20mountainsH2022 of IsraelH3478 whichH834 had beenH1961 a continualH8548 placeH2723 ofH2723 ruinsH2723; but 21its people were broughtH3318 outH3318 from the 22nationsH5971, and they are 23livingH3427 securelyH983, allH3605 of them. 9And you will goH5927 upH5927, you will comeH935 24like a stormH7724; you will be like a 25cloudH6051 coveringH3680 the landH776, you and allH3605 your troopsH102, and manyH7227 peoplesH5971 with you.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezekiel 38:2 Ezek 38:3, 14, 16, 18; 39:1, 11; Rev 20:8 ↩
  2. 2. Ezekiel 38:2 Gen 10:2; Ezek 39:6; Rev 20:8 ↩
  3. 3. Ezekiel 38:2 Ezek 38:3; 39:1 ↩
  4. 4. Ezekiel 38:2 Ezek 27:13; 38:3; 39:1 ↩
  5. 5. Ezekiel 38:2 Ezek 27:13; 38:3; 39:1 ↩
  6. 6. Ezekiel 38:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch ↩
  7. 7. Ezekiel 38:4 Is 43:17 ↩
  8. 8. Ezekiel 38:4 Ezek 38:15; Dan 11:40 ↩
  9. 9. Ezekiel 38:4 I.e., small shield ↩
  10. 10. Ezekiel 38:5 2 Chr 36:20; Ezra 1:1; Ezek 27:10; Dan 8:20 ↩
  11. 11. Ezekiel 38:5 Or Ethiopia ↩
  12. 12. Ezekiel 38:5 Gen 10:6-8; Ezek 30:4, 5 ↩
  13. 13. Ezekiel 38:5 Ezek 27:10; 30:5 ↩
  14. 14. Ezekiel 38:6 Gen 10:2, 3 ↩
  15. 15. Ezekiel 38:6 Gen 10:3; Ezek 27:14 ↩
  16. 16. Ezekiel 38:7 Is 8:9 ↩
  17. 17. Ezekiel 38:8 Is 24:22 ↩
  18. 18. Ezekiel 38:8 Is 11:11; Ezek 36:24; 37:21; 38:12; 39:27, 28 ↩
  19. 19. Ezekiel 38:8 Lit peoples ↩
  20. 20. Ezekiel 38:8 Ezek 34:13; 36:1-8 ↩
  21. 21. Ezekiel 38:8 Lit it was ↩
  22. 22. Ezekiel 38:8 Lit peoples ↩
  23. 23. Ezekiel 38:8 Ezek 38:11, 14; 39:26 ↩
  24. 24. Ezekiel 38:9 Is 5:28; 21:1; 25:4; 28:2; Jer 4:13 ↩
  25. 25. Ezekiel 38:9 Ezek 30:18; 38:16; Joel 2:2 ↩

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