Ezekiel 38:17-23

17 Ainsi a dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel: N'est-ce pas de toi que j'ai parlé jadis, par le ministère de mes serviteurs les prophètes d'Israël, qui ont prophétisé alors pendant des années que je te ferai venir contre eux?

18 Mais, en ce jour-là, au jour où Gog marchera contre le pays d'Israël, dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel, la colère me montera au visage.

19 Je le dis dans ma jalousie, dans l'ardeur de ma colère: oui, en ce jour-là, il y aura un grand trouble dans le pays d'Israël.

20 Les poissons de la mer, les oiseaux des cieux, les bêtes des champs et tout reptile qui rampe sur la terre, et tous les hommes qui sont sur la face de la terre, trembleront devant moi; les montagnes seront renversées, les rochers escarpés tomberont, et toutes les murailles s'écrouleront par terre.

21 Et j'appellerai contre lui l'épée sur toutes mes montagnes, dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel; l'épée de chacun se tournera contre son frère.

22 Et j'entrerai en jugement avec lui par la peste et par le sang; je ferai pleuvoir sur lui, sur ses troupes, et sur les grands peuples qui l'accompagnent, une pluie violente, des grêlons, du feu et du soufre.

23 Et je me glorifierai, et je me sanctifierai, et je me ferai connaître aux yeux de nations nombreuses, et elles sauront que je suis l'Éternel.

Ezekiel 38:17-23 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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