Ezekiel 38:4-7

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, ¹  all of them armed with swords. 38:5 Persia, ²  Ethiopia, and Put ³  are with them, all of them with shields and helmets. 38:6 They are joined by ⁴  Gomer with all its troops, and by Beth Togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops – many peoples are with you. ⁵ 

38:7 “‘Be ready and stay ready, you and all your companies assembled around you, and be a guard for them. ⁶ 

¹ sn The Hebrew text mentions two different types of shields here.

² tn D. I. Block prefers to see the Hebrew word as referring here to a western ally of Egypt or as an alternative spelling for Pathros, that is, Upper Egypt. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:439-40.

³ sn That is, Lydia.

³ tn The words “they are joined by” are added in the translation for purposes of English style.

⁴ sn The seven-nation coalition represents the north (Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, Beth-Togarmah), the south/west (Ethiopia, Put) and the east (Persia). The use of the sevenfold list suggests completeness. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:441.

⁴ tn The second person singular verbal and pronominal forms in the Hebrew text indicate that Gog is addressed here.