Ezekiel 39
1 God's judgment upon Gog.
8 Israel's victory.
11 Gog's burial in Hamon-gog.
17 The feast of the fowls.
21 Israel having been plagued for their sins,
25 shall be gathered again with eternal favour.
son <01121> [son.]
Gog ................. Gog <01463> [Behold.]
chief prince ... Meshech ... Tubal <07218 05387 04902 08422> [the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.]
Or, "prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal."
turn ... around <07725> [I will.]
It is probable that none of the invaders will escape: but perhaps the inhabitants of Magog in general are meant. The immense army of Gog, led forth against Israel, will almost empty his land; and the subsequent judgments of God upon those that remain at home, will reduce them to a sixth of the whole.
drag ... along .... lead ... up <08338 05927> [leave but the sixth part of thee. or, strike thee with six plagues; or, draw thee back with a hook of six teeth, as ch.]
38:4. and will cause.
remotest parts .... north <03411 06828> [north parts. Heb. sides of the north.]
fall dead <05307> [fall.]
give <05414> [I will.]
kind <03671> [sort. Heb. wing. to be devoured. Heb. to devour.]
open field <07704 06440> [open field. Heb. face of the field.]
send <07971> [I will.]
Some terrible judgment will destroy the countries whence the army of Gog was led forth, about the same time that the army itself shall be cut off.
securely <0983> [carelessly. or, confidently.]
coastlands <0339> [in the isles.]
holy ................ holy <06944> [will I.]
profaned <02490> [and I will.]
nations <01471> [the heathen.]
Holy One <06918> [the Holy.]
coming <0935> [it is come.]
The prophet, seeing in vision the accomplishment of the prediction, speaks of it as already come and done.
day <03117> [this.]
go out <03318> [shall go.]
use ................. burn <01197> [and shall.]
use ................. burn <0784 01197> [set on fire.]
The language here employed seems to intimate that the army of Gog will be cut off by miracle, as that of Sennacherib; for the people are described as going forth, not to fight and conquer, but merely to gather the spoil, and to destroy the weapons of war, as no longer of use.
war clubs <03027> [hand staves. or, javelins. and they.]
When the immense number and destruction of the invaders are considered, and also the little fuel comparatively which is necessary in warm climates, we may easily conceive of this being literally fulfilled.
use ................. burn <0784 01197> [burn them with fire. or, make a fire of them.]
take the loot ..... looted <07997> [shall spoil.]
valley ................................ valley <01516> [the valley.]
Probably the valley near the Sea of Gennesareth, as the Targum renders, and so called because it was the great road by which the merchants and traders from Syria and other Eastern countries went into Egypt. Perhaps what is now called the plains of Haouran, south of Damascus.
east <06926> [on the east.]
travel ............. travelers <05674> [noses. or, mouths. Hamon-gog. that is, The multitude of]
Gog.
cleanse <02891> [cleanse.]
memorial <08034> [a renown.]
day <03117> [the day.]
designate <0914> [they shall.]
continually <08548> [continual employment. Heb. continuance. to cleanse.]
<01129> [set. Heb. build.]
valley <01516> [in the.]
Hamonah <01997> [Hamonah. that is, The multitude. cleanse.]
says <0559> [Speak.]
bird <06833 03671> [every feathered fowl. Heb. the fowl of every wing. to my.]
slaughter ............ slaughter <02077 02076> [sacrifice. or, slaughter.]
eat <0398> [eat.]
goats <06260> [goats. Heb. great goats.]
bulls <06499> [of bullocks.]
fattened animals <04806> [fatlings.]
I will display <05414> [I will set.]
power <03027> [and my.]
know <03045> [know.]
nations <01471> [the heathen.]
hid ... face <05641 06440> [hid I.]
handed them over <05414 03027> [gave them.]
restore <07725> [Now will.]
The return of a few Jews from Babylon, and their continuance, increase, partial reformation, and prosperity, till the days of Christ, followed by their present long continued dispersion, under the frown of God, and destitute of his Spirit, could in no degree answer to these predictions. Hence we must conclude, that some future events, exactly suitable to them, shall yet take place relative to the nation of Israel.
house <01004> [the whole.]
zealous <07065> [and will.]
bear <05375> [they have borne.]
live <03427> [when they.]
back <07725> [I have.]
magnify <06942> [and am.]
know <03045> [shall they.]
exile <01540> [which caused them. Heb. by my causing of them, etc.]
any <03498> [and have.]
hide <05641> [hide.]
pour <08210> [for.]
