1-7 God's judgment upon Gog 8-10 Israel's victory 11-16 Gog's burial in Hamon-gog 17-20 The feast of the fowls 21-24 Israel having been plagued for their sins 25-29 shall be gathered again with eternal favour

son Eze 38:2,3

Behold Eze 35:3 Na 2:13 3:5

the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Or, `prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.' Eze 38:2

2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:

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 Ps 40:14 68:2 Isa 37:29

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 Eze 38:15 Da 11:40

north parts [heb] sides of the north

3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

Eze 20:21-24 Ps 46:9 76:3 Jer 21:4,5 Ho 1:5

4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

fall Eze 39:17-20 38:21

i will Eze 32:4,5 33:27 Isa 34:2-8 Jer 15:3 Re 19:17-21

sort [heb] wing.
to be devoured [heb] to devour

5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

open field [heb] face of the field Eze 29:5 32:4 Jer 8:2 22:19

6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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. Eze 30:8,16 38:19-22 Am 1:4,7,10 Na 1:6

carelessly. or, confidently Eze 38:11 Jud 18:7

in the isles Eze 38:6,13 Ps 72:10 Isa 66:19 Jer 25:22 Zep 2:11

7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

will I Eze 39:22 38:16,23

and I will Eze 20:9,14,39 36:20,21,36 Ex 20:7 Le 18:21

the heathen Eze 38:16,23

the Holy Isa 12:6 43:3,14 55:5 60:9,14

8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

it is come The prophet, seeing in vision the accomplishment of the prediction, speaks of it as already come and done. Eze 7:2-10 Isa 33:10-12 Re 16:17 21:6

this Eze 38:17 2Pe 3:8

9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

shall go Ps 111:2,3 Isa 66:24 Mal 1:5

and shall Eze 39:10 Jos 11:6 Ps 46:9 Zec 9:10

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.

hand staves. or, javelins
and they When the immense number and destruction of the invaders are con- sidered, and also the little fuel comparatively which is necessary in warm climates, we may easily conceive of this being literally fulfilled.

burn them with fire. or, make a fire of them.

10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

shall spoil Ex 3:22 12:36 Isa 14:2 33:1 Mic 5:8 Hab 3:8 Zep 2:9,10 Mt 7:2 Re 13:10 18:6

11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.

the valley Probably the valley near the Sea of Gennesaret, 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 in Egypt, Perhaps what is now called the plains of Haouran, south of Damascus.

on the east Eze 47:18 Nu 34:11 Lu 5:1 Joh 6:1

noses. or, mouths.
Hamon-gog.
that is, The multitude of Gog Nu 11:34

12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

cleanse Eze 39:14,16 Nu 19:16 De 21:23

13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.

a renown De 26:19 Ps 149:6-9 Jer 33:9 Zep 3:19,20 1Pe 1:7

the day Eze 39:21,22 28:22 Ps 126:2,3

14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.

they shall Nu 19:11-19

continual employment [heb] continuance
to cleanse Eze 39:12

15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.

set [heb] build Lu 11:44

in the Eze 39:11

16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

Hamonah. that is, The multitude
cleanse Eze 39:12

17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

Speak Ge 31:54 1Sa 9:13 16:3 Isa 56:9 Jer 12:9 Zep 1:7 Re 19:17,18

every feathered fowl. [heb] the fowl of every wing.
to my Eze 39:4 1Sa 17:46 Isa 18:6 34:6 Jer 46:10 Zep 1:7

sacrifice. or, slaughter

18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

eat Eze 29:5 34:8 Re 19:17,18,21

goats [heb] great goats Eze 34:17

of bullocks Ps 68:30 Isa 34:7 Jer 50:11,27 51:40

fatlings De 23:14 Ps 22:12 Am 4:1

19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

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20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.

Eze 38:4 Ps 76:5,6 Hag 2:22 Re 19:18

21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

I will set Eze 36:23 38:16,23 Ex 9:16 14:4 Isa 26:11 37:20 Mal 1:11

and my Ex 7:4 8:19 1Sa 5:7,11 6:9 Ps 32:4

22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

know Eze 39:7,28 28:26 34:30 Ps 9:16 Jer 24:7 31:34 Joh 17:3 1Jo 5:20

23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

the heathen Eze 36:18-23,36 2Ch 7:21,22 Jer 22:8,9 40:2,3 La 1:8 2:15-17

hid I Eze 39:29 De 31:17,18 32:20 Ps 10:1 30:7 Isa 1:15 8:17 59:2 64:7 Jer 33:5

gave them Le 26:25 De 32:30 Jud 2:14 3:8 Ps 106:41 Isa 42:24

24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

Eze 36:19 Le 26:24 2Ki 17:7 Isa 1:20 3:11 59:17,18 Jer 2:17,19 4:18 5:25 Da 9:5-10

25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;

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. Eze 34:13 36:21,24 Isa 27:12,13 56:8 Jer 3:18 23:3 30:3,10,18 31:3 32:37 Am 9:14 Ro 11:26-31

the whole Eze 20:40 37:21,22 Jer 31:1 Ho 1:11

and will Eze 36:4-6,21-23 Joe 2:18 Zec 1:14 8:2

26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.

they have borne Eze 16:52,57,58,63 32:25,30 Ps 99:8 Jer 3:24,25 30:11 Da 9:16

when they Le 26:5,6 De 28:47,48 32:14,15 1Ki 4:25 Mic 4:4

27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;

I have Eze 39:25 28:25,26

and am Eze 39:13 36:23,24 38:16,23 Le 10:3 Isa 5:16

28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.

shall they Eze 39:22 34:30 Ho 2:20

which caused them [heb] by my causing of them Eze 39:23

and have De 30:3,4 Ne 1:8-10 Isa 27:12 Am 9:9 Ro 9:6-8 11:1-7

29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

hide Eze 39:23-25 37:26,27 Isa 45:17 54:8-10

for Eze 36:25-27 Isa 32:15 44:3-5 59:20,21 Joe 2:28 Zec 12:10 Ac 2:17 2:18,33 1Jo 3:24