Gomer, and all his bands Or all his army, as the Targum. Gomer was the eldest son of Japheth, ( Genesis 10:2 ) , from whom descended the people called by the Greeks Galatians, or Galio-Grecians, as Josephus
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F9 says, who before were from him called Gomarians: others think that Phrygia, and the inhabitants of it, are meant; but, whether one or the other, they were both people of the lesser Asia, which is now in the hands of the Turks: the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands; Togarmah was one of the sons of Gomer, ( Genesis 10:3 ) whose posterity, according to the Greeks, as Josephus F11 says, were the Phrygians; but others rather think the Cappadocians descended from him; and that Togarmah designs their country, which also is a part of the Turkish dominions; (See Gill on Ezekiel 27:14). Several moderns, as Calmet F12 observes, believe that the children of Togarmah peopled Turcomania in Tartary, and Scythia, and which he approves of; and the Turks are mentioned by Ben Gorion F13 as one of the ten families of Togarmah. The Targum renders it here the province of Germany; as it is also interpreted in the Talmud F14, but wrongly: and many people with thee; from other places and nations, besides those named; especially out of the lesser Asia, as Pamphylia, Cilicia, and other places; and perhaps from Tartary, and elsewhere, F9 Antiqu. l. 1. c. 6. sect. 1. F11 lbid. F12 Dictionary in the word "Togarmah". F13 Heb. Hist. l. 1. c. 1. p. 3. F14 T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 10. 1.
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'Te haré dar vuelta, pondré garfios en tus quijadas y te sacaré con todo tu ejército, caballos y jinetes, todos ellos bien equipados; una gran compañía con pavés y escudo, todos ellos empuñando espada;
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Persia, Etiopía y Fut con ellos, todos con escudo y yelmo;
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Gomer con todas sus tropas, Bet-togarmá, de las partes remotas del norte, con todas sus tropas; muchos pueblos están contigo.
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'Disponte y prepárate, tú y toda la multitud que se ha reunido alrededor tuyo, y sé para ellos guarda.
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'Al cabo de muchos días recibirás órdenes; al fin de los años vendrás a la tierra recuperada de la espada, cuyos habitantes han sido recogidos de muchas naciones en los montes de Israel, que habían sido una desolación continua. Este pueblo fue sacado de entre las naciones y habitan seguros todos ellos.