Ezekiel 39:2
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I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.
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This chapter continues and concludes the prophecy against Gog and Magog, in whose destruction God crowns his favour to his people Israel, which shines very brightly after the scattering of that black cloud in the close of this chapter. Here is, I. An express prediction of the utter destruction of Gog and Magog, agreeing with what we had before (Eze 39:1-7). II. An illustration of the vastness of that destruction, in three consequences of it: the burning of their weapons (Eze 39:8-10), the burning of their slain (Eze 39:11-16), and the feasting of the fowls with the dead bodies of those that were unburied (Eze 39:17-22). III. A declaration of God's gracious purposes concerning his people Israel, in this and his other providences concerning them, and a promise of further mercy that he had yet in store for them (Eze 39:23-29).
Open source ↗39:2 I will turn you around and drive you: The Lord would be bringing Gog against Israel in order to break him.
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May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
And you will come from your place out of the far north—you and many peoples with you, all riding horses—a mighty horde, a huge army.
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.
As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.