Ezekiel 38:5
in Ezekiel 38Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
KJV
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
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This verse in Ezekiel 38
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Libya and Ethiopia, mixed with the northern invaders, are tribes from the extreme south, to show that this is a general combination of the foes of God’s people.
This site's exposition
put hooks into thy jaws
on Ezekiel 38:4-6
The image of hooks in the jaws recurs from Pharaoh's own sentence at 29:4, a beast led out against its will rather than a willing march, and the great host follows in full armor, horses, and shields. The coalition drawn in with Gog is ancient geography rather than a modern map: Persia to the east, Ethiopia and Libya to the south and west, Gomer and the house of Togarmah out of the north quarters, the nations that ring Israel's known world in the prophet's own day. Keil reads the list as deliberately complete, gathered from every quarter against the one land, and the exposition leaves the ancient names as the text gives them.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter XXXVIII.) \"And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, set your face against Gog, the land of Magog, the prince of the head (or head of) Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. And you shall say to him: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of the head (or head of) Meshech and Tubal.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
These people had been at variance with one another, and yet in combination against Israel. How are those increased that trouble God's people! They are well furnished with arms and ammunition, and bring a good train of artillery into the field-- horses and horsemen (
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Persia, Ethiopia, and Lybia with them,.... These are the confederates or auxiliaries of the Turks, which shall join with them in this expedition. Persia is a neighbouring kingdom to the Turks, and may fall into their hands before this comes to pass; and is in a fair way for it at this time, through the internal divisions in it; however, it will be confederate with them.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Persia - That a part of this country was tributary to Antiochus, see 1 Maccabees 3:31. Ethiopia, and Libya - That these were auxiliaries of Antiochus is evident from Dan 11:43: “The Libyans and Ethiopians shall be at his steps.”
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| פָּרַ֛ס | paras | Persia | H6539 → | |
| כּ֥וּשׁ | kush | Cush | H3568 → | 29 times |
| וּפ֖וּט | ufut | and Put | H6316 → | 7 times |
| אִתָּ֑ם | ʾitam | [will be] with them | H854 → | 929 times |
| כֻּלָּ֖ם | kulam | all of them | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מָגֵ֥ן | magen | shield | H4043 → | 63 times |
| וְכוֹבָֽע׃ | vekhova' | and helmet | H3553 → |
פָּרַ֛סPersia
parasH6539 →
כּ֥וּשׁCush
kushH3568 →29 times
וּפ֖וּטand Put
ufutH6316 →7 times
אִתָּ֑ם[will be] with them
ʾitamH854 →929 times
כֻּלָּ֖םall of them
kulamH3605 →5413 times
מָגֵ֥ןshield
magenH4043 →63 times
וְכוֹבָֽע׃and helmet
vekhova'H3553 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Ezekiel 27:10Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 46:9
Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 30:5
Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
- Song of Solomon 4:4
Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
- Jeremiah 46:9
Through
Ezekiel 30:5Cush, Put, and Lud, and all the various peoples, as well as Libya and the men of the covenant land, will fall with Egypt by the sword.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 27:10
Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 25:20
all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
- Ezekiel 27:10
Through
1 Chronicles 1:8The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
it leads to
- Genesis 10:6–7
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- Genesis 10:6–7
Through
Genesis 10:8Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
it leads to
- Micah 5:6
And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our…
- Micah 5:6
Through
Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 1:8–16
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:8–16
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.