Ezekiel 38:11

Then you will say, 'I will go up to the open land; I will go to the quiet people living in safety, all of them living where there are no walls or bars, and where there are no city gates.

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And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

In Context

10The Lord Yahweh says this: It will happen on that day that plans will form in your heart, and you will devise wicked schemes.'

12I will capture booty and steal plunder, in order to bring my hand against the ruins that are newly inhabited, and against the people gathered from the nations, people who are gaining livestock and property, and who are living at the center of the earth.'

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:10But when you go over the Jordan and live in the land that Yahweh your God is causing you to inherit, and he will give you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you live in safety.

Judges 18:27The people of Dan took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and they came to Laish, to a people who were undisturbed and secure and they struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city.

Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us, 1 let us lie in wait for blood, 1 let us hide and attack innocent people for no reason. 1

Isaiah 37:24By your servants you have defied the Lord and have said, 'With the multitude of my chariots 1 I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, to the highest elevations of Lebanon. 1 I will cut down its tall cedars and choice cypress trees there, 1 and I will enter into its farthest high places, its most fruitful forest. 1

Ezekiel 38:8You will be called after many days, and after some years you will go to a land that has recovered from the sword and that has been gathered from many peoples, gathered back to the mountains of Israel that had been a continuous ruin. But the land's people will be brought out of the peoples, and they will live in safety, all of them!

Zechariah 2:8For after Yahweh of hosts honored me and sent me against the nations that plundered you— 1 for whoever touches you, touches the apple of God's eye!—after Yahweh did this, he said, 1

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 38:2-14

The Judgment of Gog and Magog. ( b. c. 585.) 1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great… Read the whole commentary →

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