Ezekiel 39:1
in Ezekiel 39“As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:
KJV
Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
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This verse in Ezekiel 39
Commentary
4 notes on this verseTherefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,.... As he had been ordered to do before, and must still continue to do it: behold, I am against thee, O Gog; which is repeated for the confirmation of it, and to inject terror into him; for terrible it is to have God against any: the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; See Gill on Eze 38:2, the Septuagint version adds "Ros" here as there.
This site's exposition
against thee, O Gog
on Ezekiel 39:1-3
Chapter 39 opens with the same summons that opened the oracle before it, prophesy against Gog, underscoring how certain the sentence already is before a single blow falls. The defeat is described with a soldier's precision, only a sixth part left, the bow struck from the left hand and the arrows made to fall from the right, a warrior stripped of the two things a bowman needs before he ever reaches the field. Fairbairn reads the doubling of the oracle across two chapters as the book's own habit of stating a judgment, then restating it from another angle to press the point home.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 39, Verse 1 onwards) \"But you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshek and Tubal. I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north and send you against the mountains of Israel. Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand. On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you.'
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The present chapter describes the defeat of Evil and the triumph of God and His people. As the prophet predicted the advance of Evil under the figure of the invasion of an actual army; so he declares the overthrow of Evil by the figure of a host routed and slain, and the consequent purification of a land, partially overrun and disturbed.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתָּ֤ה | veatah | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | O son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אָדָם֙ | ʾadam | humankind | H120 → | 551 times |
| הִנָּבֵ֣א | hinave' | prophesy | H5012 → | 115 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| גּ֔וֹג | gog | Gog | H1463 → | 10 times |
| וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ | veamarta | and you will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כֹּ֥ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֖ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| הִנְנִ֤י | hini | here I | H2005 → | 316 times |
| אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ | ʾeleikha | [am] against you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| גּ֔וֹג | gog | O Gog | H1463 → | 10 times |
| נְשִׂ֕יא | nesi' | [the] prince of | H5387 → | 134 times |
| רֹ֖אשׁ | rosh | [the] head of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| מֶ֥שֶׁךְ | meshekh | Meshech | H4902 → | 9 times |
| וְתֻבָֽל׃ | vetuval | and Tubal | H8422 → | 8 times |
וְאַתָּ֤הand you
veatahH859 →1094 times
בֶן־O son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
אָדָם֙humankind
ʾadamH120 →551 times
הִנָּבֵ֣אprophesy
hinave'H5012 →115 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
גּ֔וֹגGog
gogH1463 →10 times
וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔and you will say
veamartaH559 →5305 times
כֹּ֥הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֖רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
הִנְנִ֤יhere I
hiniH2005 →316 times
אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙[am] against you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
גּ֔וֹגO Gog
gogH1463 →10 times
נְשִׂ֕יא[the] prince of
nesi'H5387 →134 times
רֹ֖אשׁ[the] head of
roshH7218 →599 times
מֶ֥שֶׁךְMeshech
meshekhH4902 →9 times
וְתֻבָֽל׃and Tubal
vetuvalH8422 →8 times
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
Nahum 2:13“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 21:13
Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nahum 3:5
“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.
- Psalms 46:9
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- Jeremiah 21:13
Through
Nahum 3:5“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 13:26
So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.
- Ezekiel 23:29
They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity
- Jeremiah 13:22
And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.
- Isaiah 47:2–3
Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.
- Ezekiel 16:37
therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you…
- Jeremiah 13:26
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.