Ezekiel 38 · Verse 18

Ezekiel 38:18

And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face.
Ezekiel 38:18, King James Version

Ezekiel 38:18 in other translations

BSBNow on that day when Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, My wrath will flare up.
WEBIt will happen in that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” says the Lord GOD, “that my wrath will come up into my nostrils.
ASVAnd it shall come to pass in that day, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, that my wrath shall come up into my nostrils.
YLTAnd it hath come to pass, in that day, In the day of the coming in of Gog against the land of Israel, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Come up doth My fury in My face,
DARBYAnd it shall come to pass in that day, in the day when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, that my fury shall come up in my face;
BBEAnd it will come about in that day, when Gog comes up against the land of Israel, says the Lord, that my wrath will come up, and my passion and my bitter feeling.
WebsterAnd it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.

What does Ezekiel 38:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. fury shall come up in my face--literally, "nose"; in Hebrew, the idiomatic expression for anger, as men in anger breathe strongly through the nostrils. Anthropopathy: God stooping to human modes of thought (Psa 18:8).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 38:18 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.

וְהָיָ֣ה\׀ve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֗וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
בְּי֨וֹםbe.Yomon [the] dayH3117
בּ֥וֹאBo'comesH935
גוֹג֙goyGGogH1463
עַל\־'al-onH5921
אַדְמַ֣ת'ad.Mat[the] land ofH127
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3069
תַּעֲלֶ֥הta.'a.Lehit will riseH5927
חֲמָתִ֖יcha.ma.Tirage myH2534
בְּאַפִּֽי\׃be.'a.Piin anger myH639

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 38:18

  • Ezekiel 36:5-6

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:

  • Deuteronomy 32:22

    For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

  • Hebrews 12:29

    For our God is a consuming fire.

  • Psalms 89:46

    How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

  • Nahum 1:2

    God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

  • Psalms 18:7-8

    Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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36:5,6; De 32:22; Ps 18:7,8; 89:46; Na 1:2; Heb 12:29

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Context

  • 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?

  • Ezekiel 38:18

    And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face.

  • Ezekiel 38:19

    For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

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Ezekiel 38:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y será en aquel tiempo, cuando vendrá Gog contra la tierra de Israel, dijo el Señor Jehová, que subirá mi ira en mi enojo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arrivera en ce jour-là, au jour où Gog viendra contre la terre d’Israël, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel, que ma fureur me montera au visage; –
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es wird geschehen an selbigem Tage, an dem Tage, wenn Gog in das Land Israel kommt, spricht der Herr, Jehova, da wird mein Grimm in meiner Nase aufsteigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et erit in die illa, in die adventus Gog super terram Israël, ait Dominus Deus, ascendet indignatio mea in furore meo.