Ezekiel 38:7

Verse

Get ready; prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you; you will be their guard.

American Standard Version (1901)

Be thou prepared, yea, prepare thyself, thou, and all thy companies that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

Bible in Basic English

Be ready, make yourself ready, you and all the forces who are with you, and be ready for my orders.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Prepare and make thyself ready, and all thy multitude that is assembled about thee, and be thou commander over them.

Free Bible Version

Get ready! Make sure you and your whole army with you is prepared. You're the one in charge of them.

King James (Authorized) Version

Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

Translation for Translators

Tell Gog, ‘Get ready and be prepared to be the commander of all those groups of soldiers.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Get ready! Yes, prepare yourself and your troops assembled with you, and be their commander.

Noah Webster Bible

Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled to thee, and be thou a guard to them.

World English Bible

“‘“Be prepared, yes, prepare yourself, you, and all your companies who are assembled to you, and be a guard to them.

Young's Literal Translation

Be prepared, yea, prepare for thee, Thou and all thine assemblies who are assembled unto thee, And thou hast been to them for a guard.

Context

A Prophecy against Gog

⁶as well as Gomer with all its troops, and Beth-togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.⁷Get ready; prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you; you will be their guard.⁸After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.

Summary

In Ezekiel 38:7, the prophet is prophesying about an attack on Israel by Gog, a powerful leader from the land of Magog. This verse mentions Gog being prepared and gathering a great army, along with allies, to come against God's people. The imagery of this impending invasion serves as a warning of the threats that Israel will face in the future, highlighting the need for vigilance and reliance on God's protection. Ultimately, this passage points to the sovereignty of God over the nations and His faithfulness to defend His chosen people in times of trouble.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

Irony. Prepare thee and all thine with all needful accoutrements for war--that ye may perish together. be . . . a guard unto them--that is, if thou canst.

John Gill Bible Commentary

After many days thou shalt be visited,.... After the Ottoman empire has stood a long time, as it has already; when the many days will be ended that Israel should be without a king and a prince, &c. Hos 3:4, then shall Gog or the Turk be visited of God, not in a way of grace, but vengeance; he shall be punished for all his iniquities, and his punishment or destruction will be brought about in the following manner: in the latter years thou shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword; that is, into the land of Judea, the right owners of which shall now be returned unto it; who have been for many years drove and kept out of it by the sword of their enemies; see Jer 31:2 and these "latter years" are the same with the "latter days", in which these people shall seek the Lord and the Messiah, and fear him and his goodness, and return to their own land, Hos 3:5, when the Turks, enraged at it, will raise a numerous army, and enter it, in order to repossess it. The description of the Jews, who are most manifestly pointed at, is continued: and is gathered out of many people against the mountains of Israel; or rather, "to the mountains of Israel" (o); for it seems to design the land of Judea, that is, the people of it; who shall be gathered out of the several nations where they are now dispersed, and brought into their own land; described by the mountains of Israel, because a mountainous country, and a very fruitful one; Eze 34:13, and not the army of Gog gathered out of many nations, as before observed, to march against the people of the Jews; though this seems to be the sense of the Targum, "in the end of years thou shalt come into the land, against which are turned those that slay with the sword, who are gathered out of many people against the mountains of the land of Israel:'' which have been always waste: of a longer time than the seventy years' captivity, even ever since the destruction of it by the Romans; and if the time of the carrying captive of the ten tribes by Salmanezer is respected, it is longer still: but it brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them; that is, the people of the Jews, the proprietors of the land of Israel, shall now be brought forth out of each the nations where they are scattered, and shall inhabit their own land, and dwell in the utmost security, having nothing to fear from their most potent enemies, even Gog himself; and though he shall come against them in the following manner. (o) "ad montes Israel", Pagninus, Cocceius, Starckius.