“I will send a fire on Magog, and on those who dwell securely in the islands. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.
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“I will send a fire on Magog, and on those who dwell securely in the islands. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.
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And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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And I will send a fire on Magog, and on them that dwell safely in the isles; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 39:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 30:8 They will know that I am Yahweh when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.
- Ezekiel 30:16 I will set a fire in Egypt Sin will be in great anguish. No will be broken up. Memphis will have adversaries in the daytime.
- Amos 1:4 but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
- Jeremiah 25:22 and all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;
- Psalms 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- Isaiah 66:19 “I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
- Amos 1:10 but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces.”
- Nahum 1:6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
- Judges 18:7 Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in safety, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with anyone else.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 38:11 You will say, ‘I will go up to the land of unwalled villages. I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
- Ezekiel 38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, will ask you, ‘Have you come to take the plunder? Have you assembled your company to take the prey, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’ ” ’
- Ezekiel 38:19-22 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath I have spoken. Surely in that day there will be a great shaking in the land of Israel; so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface of the earth will shake at my presence. Then the mountains will be thrown down, the steep places will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground. I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Every man’s sword will be against his brother. I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence and with blood. I will rain on him, and on his hordes, and on the many peoples who are with him, an overflowing shower, with great hailstones, fire, and sulfur.
- Amos 1:7 but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces.
- Zephaniah 2:11 Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, among all nations where the enemies of…
That is, among all nations where the enemies of my people dwell, seem they never so far separated.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 39:6 And I will send a fire on…
Eze 39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.
Ver. 6. And I will send a fire on Magog.] So God will one day on Rome, that Radix omnium malorum root of all evil things. {Rev 18:18-19}
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And among them that dwell carelessly in the isles.] Who must not think there to moat up themselves against my fire.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain I will send, by an unusual judgment from God,…
I will send, by an unusual judgment from God, a fire; either civil dissensions, such as Egypt was consumed by, Eze 30:16; or else the destroying pestilence, which always carrieth with it a burning distemper or fever; or that fire and brimstone mentioned Eze 38:22. Or whatever this fire was, it should devour and lay desolate.
Them that dwell carelessly; who perhaps thought their situation would be their safety; though Gog fell on the land, the ships and isles might escape; not so, for the same hand will send the fire on the isles and their inhabitants which sent it on Gag. Possibly the Tyrians and Sidonians may be aimed at.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And I will send a fire on Magog,.... On…
And I will send a fire on Magog,.... On the land of Magog; see Eze 38:2, while Gog is in the land of Israel, and he and his army perish there, his country shall be destroyed by fire, or by some judgment or judgments of God, which shall consume like fire. The Septuagint version renders it, "I will send a fire on Gog"; but he before is said to fall upon the mountains of Israel; his country is meant; it designs the destruction of the Ottoman empire:
and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: that belong to the Turkish dominions; not only the habitants of the Continent shall be consumed, but those that dwell in islands, and think themselves safe and secure, and so live carelessly; or such who live on the sea coasts, it being usual in Scripture to call such places isles; and may intend those who dwell near the Exine and Caspian seas:
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and they shall know that I am the Lord: by his judgments executed upon them.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 6. I will send a fire on Magog]…
Verse 6. I will send a fire on Magog] On Syria. I will destroy the Syrian troops.
And among them that dwell carelessly in the isles] The auxiliary troops that came to Antiochus from the borders of the Euxine Sea.-Martin.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The judgment is extended to “the isles” (or, seacoast)…
The judgment is extended to “the isles” (or, seacoast) to show that it should fall not only on Gog and his land, but on those who share Gog’s feelings of hatred and opposition to the kingdom of God.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Islands; in the naval forces, or in the places…
Islands; in the naval forces, or in the places of his dominion where discord shall prevail. (Calmet) --- Cambyses resolved to attack Ethiopia, the people near the temple of Ammon, and the Carthaginians: but his troops refused to go against the latter, and many were smothered in the sands, or starved to death in the other expeditions. (Just. i.; Lucan x., &c.)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain carelessly--in self-confident security.
carelessly--in self-confident security.
the isles--Those dwelling in maritime regions, who had helped Gog with fleets and troops, shall be visited with the fire of God's wrath in their own lands.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6-7. God’s wrath follows the invaders even to their…
6-7. God’s wrath follows the invaders even to their own land, and the rain of fire (Eze_38:22) falls upon those who have remained at home, dwelling “securely” in their distant isles (or, coast lands), in order that they, too, may recognize Jehovah’s holiness and never “profane” his name by supposing that the people who trust in him can be defeated (Eze_39:23; see note Eze_36:20).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. Magog is the name of the country of…
6. Magog is the name of the country of Gog.
in the isles] the countries, i.e. the distant lands of the earth. The armies of Gog and his allies are annihilated on the mountains of Israel, but the judgment extends simultaneously to their distant abodes, that the ends of the earth may know and fear the Lord.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) A fire on Magog.—Magog is the country of…
(6) A fire on Magog.—Magog is the country of Gog (Eze_38:1), and the Divine judgment is to fall therefore not only upon the army in the land of Israel, but also upon the far-distant country of Gog. In Rev_20:9 this fire is represented as coming “down from God out of heaven.”
In the isles.—This common Scriptural expression for the remoter parts of the earth is added here to show the universality of the judgment upon all that is hostile to the kingdom of God.
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