Ezekiel 38:12
“To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish,.... These are not any of the people that shall come along with Gog on…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
To take a spoil - and a prey - When Antiochus took Jerusalem he gave the pillage of it to his soldiers, and spoiled the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezekiel 38:1-13
The critical expositors have enough to do here to enquire out Gog and Magog. We cannot pretend either to add to their…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
On "take a spoil" cf. Eze 29:19; Isa 10:6. The phrase "turn the hand upon" is always used in a hostile sense (Isa 1:25).…
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