Ezekiel 38:17

Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Art thou, he of whom I spake in days aforetime by the hand of my servants the prophets of Israel, who kept on prophesying in those days for years,—That thou shouldest be suffered to come against them?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?

In Context

16Therefore wilt thou come up, against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land,— In the afterpart of the days, shall it be. that I will suffer thee to enter upon my land, To the end the nations may know me, when I hallow myself in thee before their eyes O Gog!

18So then shall it come to pass in that day, In the day when Gog entereth upon the soil of Israel, Declareth My Lord Yahweh, That mine indignation shall come up into my nostrils;

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Cross References

Isaiah 27:1In that day, will Yahweh With his sword—the hard and the great and the strong, Bring punishment Upon Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, And upon Leviathan, the crooked serpent,—And will slay the monster which is in the sea.

Isaiah 63:1Who is this coming in from Edom With bright-red garments, from Bozrah? This made splendid in his raiment, Marching on in the greatness of his strength? I, speaking in righteousness, Mighty to save.

Ezekiel 38:10Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh,— So shall it be in that day, that thoughts will come up on thy heart.- And thou wilt devise a wicked device;

Daniel 11:40And, in the time of the end, will the king of the south, push at him, and the king of the north, will rush against him, with chariots and with horsemen, and with many ships,—and he will enter the lands, and overwhelm and pass over;

Micah 4:11Meanwhile, therefore, shall be gathered against thee many nations,—who are saying—Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.

Zechariah 14:1Lo! a day, cometh, pertaining to Yahweh,—when apportioned shall be thy spoil in thy midst;

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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