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 gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
many	רַבִּים֮ ra.Bim	H7227	abundant (in quantity · adjective, masculine plural absolute
days	מִיָּמִ֣ים mi.ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural absolute
visited	תִּפָּקֵד֒ ti.pa.Ked	H6485	to visit (with friendly or hostile intent) · verb, niphal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
latter	בְּאַחֲרִ֨ית be.'a.cha.Rit	H319	the last or end · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
years	הַשָּׁנִ֜ים ha.sha.Nim	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
come	תָּב֣וֹא ta.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Isaiah 24:22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall the…
Ezekiel 38:16 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 agai…
Ezekiel 38:11-12 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 dwelli…
Jeremiah 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS…
Ezekiel 34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the…
Ezekiel 36:1-8 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:
Amos 9:14-15 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant v…
Genesis 49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

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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 38:8

thou shall be visited--in wrath, by God (Isa 29:6). Probably there is allusion to Isa 24:21-22, "The host of the high ones . . . shall be gathered . . . as prisoners . . . in me pit . . . and after many days shall they be visited." I therefore prefer English Version to GROTIUS rendering, "Thou shalt get the command" of the expedition. The "after many days" is defined by "in the latter years," that is, in the times just before the coming of Messiah, namely, under Antiochus, before His first coming; under Antichrist, before His second coming. the mountains of Israel . . . always waste--that is, waste during the long period of the captivity, the earnest of the much longer period of Judea's pr…

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Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 38:8

In the latter years thou shalt come - This was fulfilled about four hundred years after. - Martin. The expedition of Cambyses against Egypt was about twelve years after the return of the Jews from Babylon. - Calmet.

John Gill on Ezekiel 38:8

After many days thou shalt be visited,.... After the Ottoman empire has stood a long time, as it has already; when the many days will be ended that Israel should be without a king and a prince, &c. Hosea 3:4, then shall Gog or the Turk be visited of God, not in a way of grace, but vengeance; he shall be punished for all his iniquities, and his punishment or destruction will be brought about in the following manner: in the latter years thou shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword; that is, into the land of Judea, the right owners of which shall now be returned unto it; who have been for many years drove and kept out of it by the sword of their enemies; see Jeremiah 31:2…

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…

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 38:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 38:1-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 38:8

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 38:8

John Gill on Ezekiel 38:8

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 38:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 38:1-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 38:8

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 38:8

John Gill on Ezekiel 38:8

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 38:1-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 38:8

Rashi on Ezekiel 38:8