You will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army.
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You will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army.
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And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
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And thou shalt come from thy place out of the uttermost parts of the north, thou, and many peoples with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company and a mighty army;
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 38:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 39:2 I will turn you around, and will lead you on, and will cause you to come up from the uttermost parts of the north; and I will bring you onto the mountains of Israel.
- Ezekiel 38:6 Gomer, and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his hordes; even many peoples with you.
- Revelation 20:8 and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
- Ezekiel 38:4 I will turn you around, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords;
- Daniel 11:40 “At the time of the end the king of the south will contend with him; and the king of the north will come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, with horsemen, and with many ships. He will enter into the countries, and will overflow and pass through.
- Joel 3:2 I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them there for my people, and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,
- Zephaniah 3:8 “Therefore wait for me”, says Yahweh, “until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
- Zechariah 12:2-4 “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and it will also be on Judah in the siege against Jerusalem. It will happen in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it. In that day,” says Yahweh, “I will strike every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
- Zechariah 14:2-3 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go out into captivity, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. Then Yahweh will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
- Revelation 16:14 for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go out to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the Almighty.
- Revelation 16:16 He gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew, “Megiddo”.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 38:15 And thou shalt come from thy place…
Eze 38:15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
Ver. 15. Out of the north parts.] Ab aquilone nihil boni. From spiritual Babylon comes all mischief to the Church. The king of Syria is called "king of the north" in Dan 11:6.
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A great company, and a mighty army.] Such was the army of Antiochus Epiphanes against the Jews, of the Turk against Christians, of the Pope against the Hussites, Waldenses, &c. He deceiveth the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, to gather them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. {Rev 20:8} He hath at his command the Italians, Walloons, Spaniards, whom Bellarmine {a} rightly reckoneth among the soldiers of antichrist.
{a} De Rom. Pont., lib. iii. cap. 16 and 17.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thou shalt: see Eze 38:9.
Thou shalt: see Eze 38:9.
From thy place; out of thine own land.
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Out of the north parts; from Scythia, from the Euxine and Caspian seas, and countries thereabouts.
Thou; the leader and chieftain.
Many people; mighty and numerous, as Eze 38:6,9.
Riding upon horses: see Eze 38:4.
A great company: see Eze 38:9.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shall come up against my people of…
And thou shall come up against my people of Israel,.... Which is repeated for the certainty of it; and not for his comfort, but his ruin; not to the terror of Israel, but for the glory of God:
as a cloud to cover the land; the land of Israel, so great should be his army; See Gill on Eze 38:9,
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it shall be in the latter days; of the Gospel state, or kingdom of the Messiah, when the Jews shall be converted, and are returned to their own land, Hos 3:5,
and I will bring thee against my land; not to possess it, nor to hurt it, or to any injury to the people of it: but
that the Heathen may know me; the Pagan kingdoms of China, and others; who by God's judgments on the Turks will come to the knowledge of the true God, and acknowledge him, and will become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ, Rev 11:15,
when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes; that is, when God shall appear to be a holy and just God, in inflicting deserved punishment on the enemies of his people; when his omniscience and omnipotence, his power and faithfulness, and other perfections of his will be displayed, in fulfilling those prophecies concerning Gog or the Turks; infidels will be convinced of the truth of divine revelation; of the God of Israel being the true God; of Jesus being the Messiah; and of the Christian religion being of God, and shall profess the same. The, Targum is,
"that the people may know the vengeance of my power, when I shall be sanctified in thee, who shall see thy vengeance, O Gog.''
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The north parts - From Scythia, from the Euxine…
The north parts - From Scythia, from the Euxine and Caspian seas, and countries thereabouts.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. Cf. Eze_38:4; Eze_38:6, Eze_39:2. For many people, peoples.
15. Cf. Eze_38:4; Eze_38:6, Eze_39:2. For many people, peoples.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain All of them riding upon horses. (see on ver.…
All of them riding upon horses. (see on ver. 4; and comp. Eze_23:6 Eze_26:7; Jer_6:23; and Amo_2:15) The Scythians are said to have been able to eat, drink, and sleep in the saddle (Schroder).
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