Ezekiel 38:23

And I will be magnified and sanctified. And I will be known in the eyes of the many nations. And they shall know that I am the Lord.”

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In The King James Version

Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.

In Context

22And I will judge him by pestilence, and blood, and violent rainstorms, and immense hailstones. I will rain fire and brimstone upon him, and upon his army, and upon the many peoples who are with him.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:4And I will harden his heart, and so he will pursue you. And I will be glorified in Pharaoh, and in all his army. And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” And they did so.

Isaiah 25:3Concerning this, a strong people will praise you; a city with a robust people will fear you.

Ezekiel 28:22And you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Sidon, and I will be glorified in your midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have executed judgments in her, and when I will have been sanctified in her.

Ezekiel 36:23And I will sanctify my great name, which was defiled among the Gentiles, which you have defiled in their midst. So may the Gentiles know that I am the Lord, says the Lord of hosts, when I will have been sanctified in you, before their eyes.

Ezekiel 38:16And you will rise up over my people, Israel, like a cloud, so that you may cover the earth. In the latter days, you will be. And I will lead you over my own land, so that the Gentiles may know me, when I will have been sanctified in you, O Gog, before their eyes.

Ezekiel 39:13Then all the people of the earth will bury them, and this shall be for them a renowned day, on which I have been glorified, says the Lord God.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 38:15-23

The Judgment of Gog and Magog. ( b. c. 585.) 14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God ; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? 15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: 16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my… Read the whole commentary →

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