Ezekiel 38:1
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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Isaiah 24:21And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth.
Zechariah 12:3And it will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a stone of great weight for all the peoples; all those who take it up will be badly wounded; and all the nations of the earth will come together against it.
Revelation 20:8And will go out to put in error the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to get them together to the war, the number of whom is like the sands of the sea.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 38:1
This chapter, and that which follows it, are concerning Gog and Magog, a powerful enemy to the people of Israel, that should make a formidable descent upon them, and put them into a consternation, but their army should be routed and their design defeated; and this prophecy, it is most probable, had its accomplishment some time after the return of the people of Israel out of their captivity, whether in the struggles they had with the kings of Syria, especially Antiochus Epiphanes, or perhaps in some other way not… Read the whole commentary →