Ezekiel 38:4

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 company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
back	וְשׁ֣וֹבַבְתִּ֔יךָ ve.Shoav.Ti.kha	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
put	וְנָתַתִּ֥י ve.na.ta.Ti	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
hooks	חַחִ֖ים cha.Chim	H2397	a ring for the nose (or lips) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
jaws	בִּלְחָיֶ֑יךָ bil.cha.Yei.kha	H3895	the cheek (from its fleshiness) · preposition + noun, common masculine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
forth	וְהוֹצֵאתִי֩ ve.ho.tze.Ti	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
army	חֵילֶ֜ךָ chei.Le.kha	H2428	probably a force · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
horses	סוּסִ֣ים su.Sim	H5483	a horse (as leaping) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
horsemen	וּפָרָשִׁ֗ים u.fa.ra.Shim	H6571	a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
clothed	לְבֻשֵׁ֤י le.vu.Shei	H3847	properly · adjective, masculine plural construct
sorts	מִכְלוֹל֙ mikh.lOl	H4358	perfection (i.e. concrete adverbial · noun, common masculine singular absolute
great	רָב֙ rav	H7227	abundant (in quantity · adjective, masculine singular absolute
company	קָהָ֥ל ka.Hal	H6951	assemblage (usually concretely) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
bucklers	צִנָּ֣ה tzi.Nah	H6793	a hook (as pointed) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
shields	וּמָגֵ֔ן u.ma.Gen	H4043	a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
handling	תֹּפְשֵׂ֥י to.fe.Sei	H8610	to manipulate · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
swords	חֲרָב֖וֹת cha.ra.Vot	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 29:4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the mids…
Daniel 11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with…
2 Kings 19:28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, a…
Ezekiel 38:15 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,…
Ezekiel 39:2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee up…
1 Chronicles 12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, th…
2 Chronicles 25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of thei…
Isaiah 37:29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips,…

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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 38:4

turn thee back--as a refractory wild beast, which thinks to take its own way, but is bent by a superior power to turn on a course which must end in its destruction. Satan shall be, by overruling Providence, permitted to deceive them to their ruin (Rev 20:7-8). hooks into thy jaws-- (Eze 29:4; Kg2 19:28).

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 38:4

I will turn thee back - Thy enterprise shall fail.

John Gill on Ezekiel 38:4

And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,.... Or, I will put hooks in thy jaws, and with them turn thee back; or rather, "turn thee about" (f); and lead thee where and as I please; for this is not to be understood of God's putting hooks into his jaws, and leading him back from his enterprise of invading the land of Judea; as he put a hook in the nose and a bridle in the lips of the king of Assyria, and brought him back from Jerusalem, Isaiah 37:29, but of his using him thus in his providence to draw him to the land of Israel, out of his own land, as fishes are drawn with the hook out of the water. The sense is, that he would so work upon and influence the heart of Gog, that he…

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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…
Hook — (1.) Heb. hah, a “ring” inserted in the nostrils of animals to which a cord was fastened for the purpose of restraining them (2 Kings 19:28; Isa. 37:28, 29; Ezek. 29:4; 38:4). “The Orientals make use…
Hooks · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE
Shield · Different kinds of, — Different kinds of,

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 38:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 38:1-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 38:4

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 38:4

John Gill on Ezekiel 38:4

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 38:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 38:1-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 38:4

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 38:4

John Gill on Ezekiel 38:4

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 38:1-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 38:4

Rashi on Ezekiel 38:4