Ezequiel 38:12

12 a fim de tomares o despojo, e de arrebatares a presa, e tornares a tua mão contra os lugares desertos que agora se acham habitados, e contra o povo que foi congregado dentre as nações, o qual adquiriu gado e bens, e habita no meio da terra.

Ezequiel 38:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 38:12

To take a spoil, and to take a prey
These are the words of Gog continued; suggesting that he should have no occasion to fight; should have nothing else to do but to seize upon the goods and plunder the substance of these people: to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited:
such as were before desolate, and had lain long so, but now peopled and cultivated; these he would attack and demolish, and make a spoil and prey of: and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations;
a description of the Jews, as before; ( Ezekiel 38:8 ) which have gotten cattle and goods;
so that it should seem that Gog or the Turks will not immediately attack the Jews upon their possession of the land of Judea; but some time after, when they have settled in it, and have acquired much wealth and riches in cattle and goods, and then think to have a fine booty of them: that dwell in the midst of the land;
or, "the navel of the land" ^F16; which may design Jerusalem, situated in the midst of the land of Israel, and so called the navel of it, as that is in the midst of the body; as Enna is said by Cicero to be the navel of Sicily: or, as Kimchi thinks, the land of Israel itself is meant; which is in the midst of the world, and so the navel of it; though the former seems best.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (Urah rwbj le) (epi ton omfalon thv ghv) , Sept.; "in [vel] super umbilico terrae", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Starckius.

Ezequiel 38:12 In-Context

10 Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Acontecerá naquele dia que terás altivos projetos no teu coração, e maquinarás um mau designio.

11 E dirás: Subirei contra a terra das aldeias não muradas; irei contra os que estão em repouso, que habitam seguros, habitando todos eles sem muro, e sem ferrolho nem portas;

12 a fim de tomares o despojo, e de arrebatares a presa, e tornares a tua mão contra os lugares desertos que agora se acham habitados, e contra o povo que foi congregado dentre as nações, o qual adquiriu gado e bens, e habita no meio da terra.

13 Sabá, e Dedã, e os mercadores de Társis, com todos os seus leões novos, te dirão: Vens tu para tomar o despojo? Ajuntaste o teu bando para arrebatar a presa, para levar a prata e o ouro, para tomar o gado e os bens, para saquear grande despojo?

14 Portanto, profetiza, ó filho do homem, e dize a Gogue: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Acaso naquele dia, quando o meu povo Israel habitar seguro, não o saberás tu?