Ezequiel 38:16

16 y subirás contra mi pueblo Israel como una nube para cubrir la tierra. Sucederá en los postreros días que te traeré contra mi tierra, para que las naciones me conozcan cuando yo sea santificado por medio de ti ante sus ojos, oh Gog.'

Ezequiel 38:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 38:16

And thou shall come up against my people of Israel
Which is repeated for the certainty of it; and not for his comfort, but his ruin; not to the terror of Israel, but for the glory of God: as a cloud to cover the land;
the land of Israel, so great should be his army; (See Gill on Ezekiel 38:9), it shall be in the latter days;
of the Gospel state, or kingdom of the Messiah, when the Jews shall be converted, and are returned to their own land, ( Hosea 3:5 ) : and I will bring thee against my land;
not to possess it, nor to hurt it, or to any injury to the people of it: but that the Heathen may know me;
the Pagan kingdoms of China, and others; who by God's judgments on the Turks will come to the knowledge of the true God, and acknowledge him, and will become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ, ( Revelation 11:15 ) ( 16:12 ) : when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes;
that is, when God shall appear to be a holy and just God, in inflicting deserved punishment on the enemies of his people; when his omniscience and omnipotence, his power and faithfulness, and other perfections of his will be displayed, in fulfilling those prophecies concerning Gog or the Turks; infidels will be convinced of the truth of divine revelation; of the God of Israel being the true God; of Jesus being the Messiah; and of the Christian religion being of God, and shall profess the same. The, Targum is,

``that the people may know the vengeance of my power, when I shall be sanctified in thee, who shall see thy vengeance, O Gog.''

Ezequiel 38:16 In-Context

14 Por tanto, profetiza, hijo de hombre, y di a Gog: "Así dice el Señor DIOS: 'En aquel día cuando mi pueblo Israel habite seguro, ¿no lo sabrás tú?

15 'Vendrás de tu lugar de las partes remotas del norte, tú y mucha gente contigo, todos montados a caballo, una gran multitud y un poderoso ejército;

16 y subirás contra mi pueblo Israel como una nube para cubrir la tierra. Sucederá en los postreros días que te traeré contra mi tierra, para que las naciones me conozcan cuando yo sea santificado por medio de ti ante sus ojos, oh Gog.'

17 "Así dice el Señor DIOS: '¿Eres tú aquel de quien hablé en tiempos pasados por medio de mis siervos los profetas de Israel, que profetizaron en aquellos días, durante años, que yo te traería contra ellos?

18 'Sucederá en aquel día cuando venga Gog contra la tierra de Israel'declara el Señor DIOS"que subirá mi furor y mi ira.