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Text -- Ezekiel 38:4 (NET)

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38:4 I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and bring you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them fully armed, a great company with shields of different types, all of them armed with swords.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: Shield | NOSE; NOSTRILS | Hooks | HUNTING | HOOK | Gog | GORGEOUS; GORGEOUSLY | Ezekiel, Book of | EZEKIEL, 2 | EZEKIEL, 1 | COMPANY | ARMOR; ARMS | more
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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Eze 38:4 - -- That is, very ready, expert and strong in using the sword.

That is, very ready, expert and strong in using the sword.

JFB: Eze 38:4 - -- As a refractory wild beast, which thinks to take its own way, but is bent by a superior power to turn on a course which must end in its destruction. S...

As a refractory wild beast, which thinks to take its own way, but is bent by a superior power to turn on a course which must end in its destruction. Satan shall be, by overruling Providence, permitted to deceive them to their ruin (Rev 20:7-8).

JFB: Eze 38:4 - -- (Eze 29:4; 2Ki 19:28).

Clarke: Eze 38:4 - -- I will turn thee back - Thy enterprise shall fail.

I will turn thee back - Thy enterprise shall fail.

TSK: Eze 38:4 - -- I will turn : Eze 29:4, Eze 39:2; 2Ki 19:28; Isa 37:29 horses : Eze 38:15; Dan 11:40 all of them : Eze 23:12 handling : 1Ch 12:8; 2Ch 25:5; Jer 46:9

I will turn : Eze 29:4, Eze 39:2; 2Ki 19:28; Isa 37:29

horses : Eze 38:15; Dan 11:40

all of them : Eze 23:12

handling : 1Ch 12:8; 2Ch 25:5; Jer 46:9

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Eze 38:4 - -- With all sorts - Or, "gorgeously;"see the marginal reference. Omit "of armor."

With all sorts - Or, "gorgeously;"see the marginal reference. Omit "of armor."

Poole: Eze 38:4 - -- I will turn thee back: the words seem to imply a diverting him from some other enterprise, or else intimate to us, when that mighty power come out, t...

I will turn thee back: the words seem to imply a diverting him from some other enterprise, or else intimate to us, when that mighty power come out, that they are still under God’ s control, and he will turn them back from what they intended, that they shall not effect it.

Hooks: see this expression Eze 29:4 .

I will bring thee forth so dispose affairs, thou shalt leave thine own country to invade, and spoil, and destroy.

All thy army the whole power thou canst make.

Horses those nations, Sarmatee, or Scythians, Cappadocians, &c., or which comprise all the Turks and Tartars, are to this day strong in horse, and their armies consist much of horsemen.

All of them clothed their leaders both rich and gaudy, yet well armed, and their soldiers well provided too, and we know how they and other antichristian soldiers march with all warlike provisions.

A great company in vast armies, far greater than any of their neighbours can bring out against them.

Bucklers for their foot, and

shields for their horsemen, as Servius observes the difference between the two Latin words scutum and clypeus , if not misreported. I doubt whether the Hebrew words do so differ; however, these were for defence of those that bear them, and to this day the Tartars use oblong shields for defence on horseback, as the figures represent them to our eye.

Handling swords that is, very ready, expert, and strong in using the sword; this to slay the enemies, as the other to save themselves.

Haydock: Eze 38:4 - -- Jaws. Thus Cambyses treated the son of Psammenites. God has the most absolute dominion over all monarchs, ver. 7.

Jaws. Thus Cambyses treated the son of Psammenites. God has the most absolute dominion over all monarchs, ver. 7.

Gill: Eze 38:4 - -- And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,.... Or, I will put hooks in thy jaws, and with them turn thee back; or rather, "turn thee abou...

And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,.... Or, I will put hooks in thy jaws, and with them turn thee back; or rather, "turn thee about" f; and lead thee where and as I please; for this is not to be understood of God's putting hooks into his jaws, and leading him back from his enterprise of invading the land of Judea; as he put a hook in the nose and a bridle in the lips of the king of Assyria, and brought him back from Jerusalem, Isa 37:29, but of his using him thus in his providence to draw him to the land of Israel, out of his own land, as fishes are drawn with the hook out of the water. The sense is, that he would so work upon and influence the heart of Gog, that he should be inclined to come out of his own land and invade Judea; just as the Lord is said to draw Sisera and his army, Jdg 4:7, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe. So the Targum,

"I will persuade thee, and put hooks in thy jaws;''

that is, incline his heart to take such a step, which should be to his destruction:

and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army; all his janizaries, and large army out of Turkey, and other parts of his dominions:

horses and horsemen; the Turkish armies, chiefly consisting of cavalry; See Gill on Rev 9:16,

all of them clothed with all sorts of armour; or completely clothed, as the Targum; for the word "armour" is not in the text; and besides, their armour is particularly mentioned afterwards; and so Kimchi has it, with all kind of ornaments, richly clothed and decorated, especially the principal officers, and, so made a fine show: even a

great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords; or large armies, as the Targum; the Turks have always been used to bring prodigious large armies into the field; See Gill on Rev 9:16.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 38:4 The Hebrew text mentions two different types of shields here.

Geneva Bible: Eze 38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thy army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with a...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Eze 38:1-23 - --1 The army,8 and malice of Gog.14 God's judgment against him.

MHCC: Eze 38:1-13 - --These events will be in the latter days. It is supposed these enemies will come together to invade the land of Judea, and God will defeat them. God no...

Matthew Henry: Eze 38:1-13 - -- The critical expositors have enough to do here to enquire out Gog and Magog. We cannot pretend either to add to their observations or to determine t...

Keil-Delitzsch: Eze 38:1-9 - -- Introduction Preparation of Gog and his army for the invasion of the restored land of Israel. - Eze 38:1. And the word of Jehovah came to me, sayi...

Constable: Eze 33:1--48:35 - --IV. Future blessings for Israel chs. 33--48 "This last major division of the book focuses on the restoration of ...

Constable: Eze 33:21--40:1 - --B. Restoration to the Promised Land 33:21-39:29 "The concept of the land is particularly significant to ...

Constable: Eze 38:1--39:29 - --6. Future invasion of the Promised Land chs. 38-39 This is the sixth and last message that Ezeki...

Constable: Eze 38:1-9 - --The enemy of restored Israel 38:1-9 38:1-2 The Lord commanded Ezekiel to utter an oracle of judgment against Gog (cf. 1 Chron. 5:4; Rev. 20:8), who wa...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) The name Ezekiel means "(whom) God will strengthen" [GESENIUS]; or, "God will prevail" [ROSENMULLER]. His father was Buzi (Eze 1:3), a priest, and he ...

JFB: Ezekiel (Outline) EZEKIEL'S VISION BY THE CHEBAR. FOUR CHERUBIM AND WHEELS. (Eze. 1:1-28) EZEKIEL'S COMMISSION. (Eze 2:1-10) EZEKIEL EATS THE ROLL. IS COMMISSIONED TO ...

TSK: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) The character of Ezekiel, as a Writer and Poet, is thus admirably drawn by the masterly hand of Bishop Lowth: " Ezekiel is much inferior to Jeremiah ...

TSK: Ezekiel 38 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Eze 38:1, The army, Eze 38:8, and malice of Gog; Eze 38:14, God’s judgment against him.

Poole: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL THE ARGUMENT EZEKIEL was by descent a priest, and by commission a prophet, and received it from heaven, as will appea...

Poole: Ezekiel 38 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 38 The army of Gog, Eze 38:1-7 . His evil attempts in the latter years, Eze 38:8-13 . God’ s judgment against him, Eze 38:14-23 .

MHCC: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) Ezekiel was one of the priests; he was carried captive to Chaldea with Jehoiachin. All his prophecies appear to have been delivered in that country, a...

MHCC: Ezekiel 38 (Chapter Introduction) (Eze 38:1-13) The army and malice of Gog. (Eze 38:14-23) God's judgments.

Matthew Henry: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel When we entered upon the writings of the prophets, which speak of the ...

Matthew Henry: Ezekiel 38 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter, and that which follows it, are concerning Gog and Magog, a powerful enemy to the people of Israel, that should make a formidable desc...

Constable: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) Introduction Title and Writer The title of this book comes from its writer, Ezekiel, t...

Constable: Ezekiel (Outline) Outline I. Ezekiel's calling and commission chs. 1-3 A. The vision of God's glory ch. 1 ...

Constable: Ezekiel Ezekiel Bibliography Ackroyd, Peter R. Exile and Restoration. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1968. ...

Haydock: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF EZECHIEL. INTRODUCTION. Ezechiel, whose name signifies the strength of God, was of the priestly race, and of the number of t...

Gill: Ezekiel (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL This book is rightly placed after Jeremiah; since Ezekiel was among the captives in Chaldea, when prophesied; whereas Jerem...

Gill: Ezekiel 38 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 38 This chapter gives an account of an enemy of the Jews, under the name of Gog, that shall invade their land, and disturb ...

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