Ezekiel 38 · Verse 16

Ezekiel 38:16

And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
Ezekiel 38:16, King James Version

Ezekiel 38:16 in other translations

BSBYou will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
WEBYou will come up against my people Israel as a cloud to cover the land. It will happen in the latter days that I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me when I am sanctified in you, Gog, before their eyes.”
ASVand thou shalt come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
YLTAnd thou hast come up against My people Israel, As a cloud to cover the land, In the latter end of the days it is, And I have brought thee in against My land, In order that the nations may know Me, In My being sanctified in thee before their eyes, O Gog.
DARBYAnd thou shalt come up against my people Israel as a cloud to cover the land — it shall be at the end of days — and I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be hallowed in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
BBEAnd you will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land; and it will come about, in the last days, that I will make you come against my land, so that the nations may have knowledge of me when I make myself holy in you, O Gog, before their eyes.
WebsterAnd thou shalt come against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

What does Ezekiel 38:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me--So in Ex 9:16, God tells Pharaoh, "For this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee My power; and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 When I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog - By the defeat of his troops under Lysias, his general. 1 Maccabees 3:32, 33, etc., and 6:6.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 38:14-23

The enemy should make a formidable descent upon the land of Israel. When Israel dwell safely under the Divine protection, shalt not thou be made to know it by finding that endeavours to destroy them are made in vain? Promises of security are treasured up in the word of God, against the troubles and dangers the church may be brought into in the latter days. In the destruction of sinners, God makes it appear that he…

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Ezekiel 38:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעָלִ֙יתָ֙ve.'a.Li.taand you will go upH5927
עַל\־'al-onH5921
עַמִּ֣י'a.Mipeople myH5971
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
כֶּֽעָנָ֖ןke.'a.Nanlike <the> cloudH6051
לְכַסּ֣וֹתle.kha.Sotto coverH3680
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
בְּאַחֲרִ֨יתbe.'a.cha.Ritat [the] end ofH319
הַיָּמִ֜יםhai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117
תִּֽהְיֶ֗הtih.Yehit will happenH1961
וַהֲבִאוֹתִ֙יךָ֙va.ha.vi.'o.Ti.khaand I will bring youH935
עַל\־'al-onH5921
אַרְצִ֔י'ar.Tziland myH776
לְמַעַן֩le.ma.'Anso asH4616
דַּ֨עַתDa.'atto knowH3045
הַגּוֹיִ֜םha.go.Yimthe nationsH1471
אֹתִ֗י'o.Ti<obj.> meH853
בְּהִקָּדְשִׁ֥יbe.hi.ka.de.Shiwhen I show holy myselfH6942
בְךָ֛ve.Khaby you
לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖םle.'ei.nei.Hemto eyes theirH5869
גּֽוֹג\׃\ \סGogO GogH1463

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Cross references for Ezekiel 38:16

  • Ezekiel 39:21

    And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

  • Ezekiel 38:23

    Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Hosea 3:5

    Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

  • Micah 4:1

    But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

  • Ezekiel 36:23

    And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

  • 1 Timothy 4:1

    Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

  • Daniel 2:28

    But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;

  • Matthew 6:9-10

    After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

  • 2 Timothy 3:1

    This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

  • Isaiah 2:2

    And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

  • Psalms 83:17-18

    Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.

  • 1 Samuel 17:45-47

    Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as a cloud.
9
it shall be.Though it is not generally agreed what people or transactions are here predicted, yet it seems evident that the prophecy is not yet accomplished. Nothing occurred in the wars of Cambyses, or Antiochus Epiphanes with the Jews, that answers to it; and the expression here used, in the latter days, plainly implies that there should be a succession of many ages between the publication of the prediction and its accomplishment. It is therefore supposed, with much probability, that its fulfilment will be posterior to the conversion of the Jews and their restoration to their own land; and that the Turks, Tarters, or Scythians, from the northern parts of Asia, perhaps uniting with the inhabitants of some more southern regions, will make war upon the Jews and be cut off in a manner predicted here.
8; De 31:29; Isa 2:2; Da 2:28; 10:14; Ho 3:5; Mic 4:1; 1Ti 4:1
2Ti 3:1
that the.
23; 36:23; 39:21; Ex 14:4; 1Sa 17:45-47; 2Ki 19:19; Ps 83:17,18
Da 3:24-29; 4:32-37; 6:15-27; Mic 7:15-17; Mt 6:9,10

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Context

  • Ezekiel 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:

  • Ezekiel 38:16

    And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

  • Ezekiel 38:17

    Thus saith the Lord God; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?

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Ezekiel 38:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y subirás contra mi pueblo Israel como nublado para cubrir la tierra; será al cabo de los días: y te traeré sobre mi tierra, para que las gentes me conozcan, cuando fuere santificado en ti, oh Gog, delante de sus ojos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et tu monteras contre mon peuple Israël comme une nuée, pour couvrir le pays. Ce sera à la fin des jours; et je te ferai venir sur mon pays, afin que les nations me connaissent, quand je serai sanctifié en toi, ô Gog! devant leurs yeux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du wirst wider mein Volk Israel heraufziehen wie eine Wolke, um das Land zu bedecken. Am Ende der Tage wird es geschehen, daß ich dich heranbringen werde wider mein Land, auf daß die Nationen mich kennen, wenn ich mich an dir, Gog, vor ihren Augen heilige
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ascendes super populum meum Israël quasi nubes, ut operias terram. In novissimis diebus eris, et adducam te super terram meam: ut sciant gentes me cum sanctificatus fuero in te in oculis eorum, o Gog!