Ezekiel 38:18

18 On that day, the day when Gog comes against Israel's fertile land, my wrath will be aroused. This is what the LORD God says.

Ezekiel 38:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 38:18

And it shall come to pass at the same time, when Gog shall
come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God
As before prophesied of and described: that my fury shall come up in my face;
as a man's blood rises up in his face, and his colour appears, when he is wroth and angry: or, "in my nose" ^F19; as men when they are angry puff and blow, expand their nose, breathe through it; but against whom is all this wrath and fury? Starckius, a modern interpreter, thinks it is against the land of Israel, against the church; but it rather seems to be against Gog himself; the Lord being provoked at his attempt against the land of Israel, and the wicked designs he had to spoil and plunder it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (ypab) "in nasum meum", Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius.

Ezekiel 38:18 In-Context

16 You will go up against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. But when this happens in future days, I will be the one who brings you up against my land, so that the nations may know me, Gog, when through you I show my holiness in their sight!

17 The LORD God proclaims: Are you the one about whom I spoke in former times through my servants, Israel's prophets, the ones who prophesied for years in those days to bring you against them?

18 On that day, the day when Gog comes against Israel's fertile land, my wrath will be aroused. This is what the LORD God says.

19 In my jealousy and blazing anger I declare: On that day, a great quaking will come over Israel's fertile land.

20 The fish of the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, all the creatures crawling on the ground, and every living human being will quake in my presence. Mountains will be thrown down and cliffs will crumble; every wall will fall to the ground.