Ezekiel 38:7
in Ezekiel 38Get ready; prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you; you will be their guard.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Be thou prepared, yea, prepare thyself, thou, and all thy companies that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
KJV
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
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This verse in Ezekiel 38
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Get ready; prepare yourself
on Ezekiel 38:7-9
Gog is told to “prepare yourself,” though verse 4 says the Lord turns him around and brings him out, so the march starts from outside. The timing is tied to Israel's restoration, “In the latter years,” against a people who “now dwell securely” on the mountains of Israel.
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
This call to prepare seems to be ironical-- Do thy worst, but I will turn thee back; like that Isa. viii. Gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces. Their design is against the mountains of Israel (
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Spoken ironically. Make all thy preparations, they will be in vain.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הִכֹּן֙ | hikon | be prepared | H3559 → | 217 times |
| וְהָכֵ֣ן | vehakhen | and prepare | H3559 → | 217 times |
| לְךָ֔ | lekha | for <the> yourself | ||
| אַתָּ֕ה | ʾatah | O you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| קְהָלֶ֖ךָ | kehalecha | company your | H6951 → | 123 times |
| הַנִּקְהָלִ֣ים | hanikhalim | that have assembled | H6950 → | |
| עָלֶ֑יךָ | ʾaleikha | with you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וְהָיִ֥יתָ | vehayita | and you will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | for them | ||
| לְמִשְׁמָֽר׃ | lemishmar | <into> a guard | H4929 → |
הִכֹּן֙be prepared
hikonH3559 →217 times
וְהָכֵ֣ןand prepare
vehakhenH3559 →217 times
לְךָ֔for <the> yourself
lekha
אַתָּ֕הO you
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
קְהָלֶ֖ךָcompany your
kehalechaH6951 →123 times
הַנִּקְהָלִ֣יםthat have assembled
hanikhalimH6950 →
עָלֶ֑יךָwith you
ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times
וְהָיִ֥יתָand you will become
vehayitaH1961 →3559 times
לָהֶ֖םfor them
lahem
לְמִשְׁמָֽר׃<into> a guard
lemishmarH4929 →
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
2 Chronicles 25:8Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 14:11
Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on…
- 2 Chronicles 20:6
and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in…
- Philippians 4:19
And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
- Luke 18:29–30
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
- 2 Chronicles 14:11
Through
Jeremiah 51:12Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 51:11
Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of…
- Isaiah 13:2
Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.
- Nahum 2:1
One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!
- Jeremiah 51:29
The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 51:11
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); Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.