Ezekiel 38:8

Ezekiel 38:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
• New International Version (NIV)After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety.
• English Standard Version (ESV)After many days you will be mustered. In the latter years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the land whose people were gathered from many peoples upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and now dwell securely, all of them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)After many days you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely.

Context of Ezekiel 38:8

6Gomer and all his troops, the house of Togarmah from the extreme north and all his troops—many peoples with you. 7“‘Be prepared, prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you. Be a guard for them. After 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.’” 10Thus says Adonai Elohim: “It will come to pass in that day that things will come into your heart and you will devise an evil plan.

Ezekiel 38:8 word by word

מִיָּמִ֣ים רַבִּים֮ תִּפָּקֵד֒ בְּאַחֲרִ֨ית הַשָּׁנִ֜ים תָּב֣וֹא׀ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ׀ מְשׁוֹבֶ֣בֶת מֵחֶ֗רֶב מְקֻבֶּ֙צֶת֙ מֵעַמִּ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים עַ֚ל הָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־הָי֥וּ לְחָרְבָּ֖ה תָּמִ֑יד וְהִיא֙ מֵעַמִּ֣ים הוּצָ֔אָה וְיָשְׁב֥וּ לָבֶ֖טַח כֻּלָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• After manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• thou shalt be visitedפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: listH6485
• in the latterאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• thou shalt comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• brought backשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• from the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• gatheredקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• against the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• which have been alwaysתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
• wasteחׇרְבָּהchorbâh · desolationH2723
• but it is brought forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• and they shall dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• safelyבֶּ֫טַחbeţach · securityH983

Cross-references for Ezekiel 38:8

• Ezekiel 38:16You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the last days. I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me—when I am sanctified through you, Gog, before their eyes.’”
• Genesis 49:1Jacob called his sons and said to them: Gather together so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the last days.
• Numbers 24:14Now, behold, I am going back to my people. Come, let me counsel you what these people will do to your people in the latter days.
• Deuteronomy 4:30“When you are in distress and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you will return to Adonai your God and listen to His voice.
• Jeremiah 48:47Yet I will restore Moab from exile in the end of days.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “Until then this is the judgment of Moab.”
• Jeremiah 49:39“Yet it will be in the end of days, that I will restore Elam from exile.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Hosea 3:3Then I said to her: “For many days you must stay with me. You must not practice prostitution. You must not have a man, and I will be the same toward you.”
• Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for an appointed time. It hastens to the end and will not fail. If it should be slow in coming, wait for it, For it will surely come—it will not delay.”
• Exodus 20:5Do not bow down to them, do not let anyone make you serve them. For I, Adonai your God, am a jealous God, bringing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
• Isaiah 24:22They will be gathered together, like prisoners in the Pit, and will be shut up in the prison, and after many days be punished.
• Isaiah 29:6You will be visited by Adonai-Tzva’ot with thunder, earthquake, huge noise, whirlwind and storm-wind, and the flame of a consuming fire.
• Jeremiah 32:5and he will lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there will he remain until I take note of him,’ says Adonai—though you fight with the Chaldeans, you will not succeed?”
• Lamentations 4:22O daughter of Zion, your punishment is accomplished; He will exile you no longer. But, O daughter of Edom, He will punish your iniquity and uncover your sins.
• Ezekiel 38:12in order to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places now inhabited and against the people gathered from the nations, who have been acquiring livestock and property, who live in the center of the world.’
• Ezekiel 36:24“‘For I will take you from the nations, gather you out of all the countries and bring you back to your own land.
• Ezekiel 37:21“Then say to them, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I will take Bnei-Yisrael from among the nations, where they have gone. I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 38:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8In the latter years thou shalt come - This was fulfilled about four hundred years after. - Martin. The expedition of Cambyses against Egypt was about twelve years after the return of the Jews from Babylon. - Calmet.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8As Gog was drawn on to his attack upon Israel in order to his ultimate ruin, therefore his preparations were the first step in his visitation from the Almighty. After many days - For “many days.” Many a long day shall the hand of God be upon thee, drawing thee on to thy ruin, and in the latter days shalt thou come. The land - literally, a “land” once laid waste by the sword, but now delivered from it, whose inhabitants once scattered have been gathered…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8After a long time (literally after many days) … In the latter years (literally in the end of the years): This battle is described as a final and climactic conflict. It would come before a lasting time of peace. Some people believe this battle will be a real event at the end of history. Others believe it is a symbolic picture (a literary image) that shows how the Lord protects his people in every age. In this view, the battle represents the ongoing…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. thou shall be visited--in wrath, by God (Is 29:6). Probably there is allusion to Is 24:21, 22, "The host of the high ones ... shall be gathered ... as prisoners ... in the pit ... and after many days shall they be visited." I therefore prefer English Version to Grotius rendering, "Thou shalt get the command" of the expedition. The "after many days" is defined by "in the latter years," that is, in the times just before the coming of Messiah, namely…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

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• Ezekiel, Book of
• Gog
• Ezekiel

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