Ezekiel 38:12

To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
take	לִשְׁלֹ֥ל lish.Lol	H7997	to drop or strip · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
spoil	שָׁלָ֖ל sha.Lal	H7998	booty · noun, common masculine singular absolute
take	וְלָבֹ֣ז ve.la.Voz	H962	to plunder · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
prey	בַּ֑ז Baz	H957	plunder · noun, common masculine singular absolute
turn	לְהָשִׁ֨יב le.ha.Shiv	H7725	to turn back (hence · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
hand	יָדְךָ֜ ya.de.Kha	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
places	חֳרָב֣וֹת cho.ra.Vot	H2723	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
inhabited	נוֹשָׁבֹ֗ת no.sha.Vot	H3427	properly · verb, niphal active participle, feminine plural absolute
people	עַם֙ 'am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
gathered	מְאֻסָּ֣ף me.'u.Saf	H622	to gather for any purpose · verb, pual passive participle, masculine singular absolute
nations	מִגּוֹיִ֔ם mi.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · preposition + noun, common masculine plural absolute
gotten	עֹשֶׂה֙ 'o.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
cattle	מִקְנֶ֣ה mik.Neh	H4735	something bought · noun, common masculine singular absolute
goods	וְקִנְיָ֔ן ve.kin.Yan	H7075	creation · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
dwell	יֹשְׁבֵ֖י yo.she.Vei	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
midst	טַבּ֥וּר ta.Bur	H2872	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
land	הָאָֽרֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take…
Ezekiel 29:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitud…
Ezekiel 38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathere…
Judges 9:37 And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim…
Isaiah 1:24-25 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies…
Jeremiah 30:16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that…
Jeremiah 32:43-44 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 33:12-13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 38:1-13

The critical expositors have enough to do here to enquire out Gog and Magog. We cannot pretend either to add to their observations or to determine their controversies. Gog seems to be the king and Magog the kingdom; so that Gog and Magog are like Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Some think they find them afar off, in Scythia, Tartary, and Russia. Others think they find them nearer the land of Israel, in Syria, and Asia the Less. Ezekiel is appointed to prophesy against Gog, and to tell him that God is against him, Eze 38:2, Eze 38:3. Note, God does not only see those that are now the enemies of his church and set himself against them, but he foresees those that will be so and lets them know by his…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 38:12

midst of the land--literally, "the navel" of the land (Jdg 9:37, Margin). So, in Eze 5:5, Israel is said to be set "in the midst of the nations"; not physically, but morally, a central position for being a blessing to the world: so (as the favored or "beloved city," Rev 20:9) an object of envy. GROTIUS translates, "In the height of the land" (so Eze 38:8), "the mountains of Israel," Israel being morally elevated above the rest of the world.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 38:12

To take a spoil - and a prey - When Antiochus took Jerusalem he gave the pillage of it to his soldiers, and spoiled the temple of its riches, which were immense. See Josephus War, B. 1. C. 1.

John Gill on Ezekiel 38:12

To take a spoil, and to take a prey,.... These are the words of Gog continued; suggesting that he should have no occasion to fight; should have nothing else to do but to seize upon the goods and plunder the substance of these people: to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited: such as were before desolate, and had lain long so, but now peopled and cultivated; these he would attack and demolish, and make a spoil and prey of: and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations; a description of the Jews, as before; Ezekiel 38:8. which have gotten cattle and goods; so that it should seem that Gog or the Turks will not immediately attack the Jews upon their posses…

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel, Book of — Consists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical office (1-3:21), Ezekiel (1) utters words of denunciation against the Jews (3:22-24), warning them of…
Gog — (1.) A Reubenite (1 Chr. 5:4), the father of Shimei. (2.) The name of the leader of the hostile party described in Ezek. 38, 39, as coming from the “north country” and assailing the people of Israel…
Armies · Compared to: Clouds — Compared to: Clouds

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 38:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 38:1-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 38:12

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 38:12

John Gill on Ezekiel 38:12

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 38:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 38:1-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 38:12

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 38:12

John Gill on Ezekiel 38:12

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 38:10-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 38:10

Rashi on Ezekiel 38:12