Ezechiele 38:1-8

1 E la parola dell’Eterno mi fu rivolta in questi termini:

2 "Figliuol d’uomo, volgi la tua faccia verso Gog del paese di Magog, principe sovrano di Mescec e di Tubal, e profetizza contro di lui, e di’:

3 Così parla il Signore, l’Eterno: Eccomi da te, o Gog, principe sovrano di Mescec e di Tubal!

4 Io ti menerò via, ti metterò degli uncini nelle mascelle e ti trarrò fuori, te e tutto il tuo esercito, cavalli e cavalieri, tutti quanti vestiti pomposamente, gran moltitudine con targhe e scudi, tutti maneggianti la spada;

5 e con loro Persiani, Etiopi e gente di Put, tutti con scudi ed elmi.

6 Gomer e tutte le sue schiere, la casa di Togarma dell’estremità del settentrione e tutte le sue schiere, de’ popoli numerosi saranno con te.

7 Mettiti in ordine, preparati, tu con tutte le tue moltitudini che s’adunano attorno a te, e sii tu per essi colui al quale si ubbidisce.

8 Dopo molti giorni tu riceverai l’ordine; negli ultimi anni verrai contro il paese sottratto alla spada, contro la nazione raccolta di fra molti popoli sui monti d’Israele, che sono stati per tanto tempo deserti; ma, tratta fuori di fra i popoli, essa abiterà tutta quanta al sicuro.

Ezechiele 38:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

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 their peace, after they are settled in it; who is described by the countries over which he rules; and against whom the prophet is bid to set his face, and prophesy of him, the Lord being against him; and who would cause him to return from Judea unsuccessful, Eze 38:1-4, the number of his confederates, their warlike accoutrements and preparations for the invasion of the land of Israel, are foretold, Eze 38:4-9, his wicked designs and intentions to spoil and plunder the inhabitants of it, Eze 38:10-12, the notice taken of his projects by the merchants of Tarshish and others, Eze 38:13,14, his coming up to invade the land is again observed for the certainty of it; and the place from whence, and the time when he should come, are mentioned, as well as God's design in it, and which had been before predicted by his prophets, Eze 38:14-17, and the chapter is concluded with a denunciation of divine wrath, which shall be terrible to all the inhabitants of the earth, and to all creatures in heaven, earth, and sea; when he and his forces shall be destroyed by the sword, by pestilence, and by dreadful storms and tempests, Eze 38:18-23, of which destruction a fuller account is given in the next chapter.

the preceding prophecy did, as the copulative and shows; which predicts the restoration and conversion of the Jews; the union of their tribes under the King Messiah; and their settlement in their own land: and this respects some disturbance they should meet with upon it, for a short time, by a powerful enemy hereafter described:

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