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

5With them will be Persia, Cush and Put, all of them with shield and helmet, 6Gomer and all his troops, the house of Togarmah from the extreme north and all his troops—many peoples with you. “‘Be prepared, prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you. Be a guard for them. 8After many days you will be summoned. In the latter years, you will come against the land that has been brought back from the sword and regathered from many peoples on the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. But they were brought out from the peoples. When all of them are dwelling securely, 9you will come 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Be thou preparedכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• for thyself, thou, and all thy companyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• that are assembledקָהַלqâhal · to gatherH6950
• unto thee, and be thou a guardמִשְׁמָרmishmâr · custodyH4929

Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:7

• 2 Chronicles 25:8For if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has power to help and to bring down.”
• Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in an uproar, and the peoples mutter vanity?
• Isaiah 8:9Make an uproar, O peoples— but you will be broken in pieces. Give ear, all you of far countries. Arm yourselves—yet be shattered! Arm yourselves—yet be shattered!
• Isaiah 37:22this is the word that Adonai has spoken about him: “The virgin Daughter of Zion will despise you and mock you. The daughter of Jerusalem will shake her head at you.
• Jeremiah 46:3“Arrange breastplate and shield! Advance to battle!
• Jeremiah 51:12Raise a banner at Babylon’s walls! Strengthen the guard. Station watchmen. Prepare ambushes. For Adonai has both planned and accomplished what He spoke about the Babylonians.
• Amos 4:12“Therefore here is what I will do to you, Israel. Because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel!”
• Zechariah 14:2I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to wage war. The city shall be captured, the houses ransacked and the women ravished. Half of the city will be exiled but the remainder of the people will not be cut off 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