Ezekiel 38:1
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
World English Bible
In The King James Version
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 24:21It will happen in that day that the LORD will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
Zechariah 12:3It will happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it.
Revelation 20:8and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war, whose number is as the sand 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 →