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Ezekiel 38:22

in Ezekiel 38

I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And with pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain upon him, and upon his hordes, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

KJV

And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

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This verse in Ezekiel 38

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Great hailstones, fire, and brimstone - These are probably figurative expressions, to signify that the whole tide of the war should be against him, and that his defeat and slaughter should be great. Abp. Newcome supposes all the above prophecy remains yet to be fulfilled. Where such eminent scribes are divided, who shall decide!

This site's exposition

every man’s sword shall be against his brother

on Ezekiel 38:21-23

The sword called for throughout the mountains turns the invading host against itself, every man's sword against his brother, the same panic that scattered Gideon's Midianites and Jehoshaphat's enemies in the historical books, where the Lord needed no human sword to finish what he had set in motion. The plagues that follow, pestilence, blood, an overflowing rain, hailstones, fire, and brimstone, gather the language of Sodom's own judgment into one sentence, fire and brimstone naming the same pair Genesis uses of the cities of the plain. The oracle closes where the book always closes, I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord, Gog's defeat made into the same revelation every judgment in this book has been.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Jer 25:31). blood . . . hailstones, fire-- (Re 8:7; The imagery is taken from the destruction of Sodom and the plagues of Egypt (compare Ps 11:6). Antiochus died by "pestilence" (2 Maccabees 9:5).

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּ֥יand I will enter into judgment

    venishpatiH8199 →202 times

  • אִתּ֖וֹwith him

    ʾitoH854 →929 times

  • בְּדֶ֣בֶרby pestilence

    bedeverH1698 →49 times

  • וּבְדָ֑םand by blood

    uvedamH1818 →360 times

  • וְגֶ֣שֶׁםand rain

    vegeshemH1653 →35 times

  • שׁוֹטֵף֩overflowing

    shotefH7857 →31 times

  • וְאַבְנֵ֨יand stones of

    veavneiH68 →273 times

  • אֶלְגָּבִ֜ישׁhail

    ʾelgavishH417 →3 times

  • אֵ֣שׁfire

    ʾeshH784 →378 times

  • וְגָפְרִ֗יתand sulfur

    vegaferitH1614 →

  • אַמְטִ֤ירI will rain down

    ʾamtirH4305 →

  • עָלָיו֙on him

    ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • אֲגַפָּ֔יוtroops his

    ʾagapavH102 →7 times

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • עַמִּ֥יםpeoples

    ʾamimH5971 →1873 times

  • רַבִּ֖יםmany

    rabimH7227 →454 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • אִתּֽוֹ׃[are] with him

    ʾitoH854 →929 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.15 worksRevelation 8:7Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.10 worksRevelation 11:19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.9 worksRevelation 20:9And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.8 worksEzekiel 5:17I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.”6 worksRevelation 16:21And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.5 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 66:16For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.5 worksExodus 9:23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.5 worksEzekiel 13:11tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.5 worksEzekiel 28:23I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.5 worksJoel 3:2I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.5 worksJeremiah 25:31The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.4 worksIsaiah 28:17I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.4 worksPsalms 18:12–14From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire.4 worksEzekiel 14:19Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,4 worksExodus 9:22–25Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”3 worksRevelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.3 worksEzekiel 17:20I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.3 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Revelation 16:21

    And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 11:19

      Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake,…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Joshua 10:11

      As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by…

    • Revelation 16:9

      And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.

  • Through

    Psalms 11:6

    On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 19:24

      Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

    • Ezekiel 13:13

      Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.

    • Luke 17:29

      But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

    • Psalms 75:8

      For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the…

    • Job 18:15

      Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

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About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.

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