Ezekiel 38:23

23 So I will show my greatness and my ¹holiness and ²make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then ³they will know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 38:23 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 38:23

Thus will l magnify myself, and sanctify myself
Show the greatness of his power, and the strictness of his justice and holiness, and glorify these, and all other of his perfections, in the destruction of the enemies of his people: and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know
that I am the Lord;
Heathen nations shall now come to the knowledge of the true God, and his Son Jesus Christ, and of the Christian religion, and shall embrace and profess it; (See Gill on Ezekiel 38:16), the kingdoms of the world will now become the Lord's, ( Revelation 11:15 ) .

Ezekiel 38:23 In-Context

21 I will summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Lord GOD. Every man's sword will be against his brother.

22 With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur.

23 So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. See ver. 16
• 2. Ezekiel 36:23; Ezekiel 37:28
• 3. See Ezekiel 6:7