And I will rain down fire on Magog and on all your allies who live safely on the coasts. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will send a fire on Magog, and on those who dwell securely in the islands; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- KJV And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- BSB I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.
- NKJV “And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.
- NASB “And I will send fire upon Magog and those who inhabit the coastlands in safety; and they will know that I am the Lord.
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God sends fire on Magog and the secure coastlands so they know He is Yahweh. Judgment reaches even those who feel safe far off.
Overview
The Lord extends judgment beyond the battlefield to Gog's homeland of Magog and to those dwelling securely in distant coastlands. The point is that false security apart from God offers no refuge. As often in Ezekiel, the aim of judgment is recognition: 'they shall know that I am Yahweh,' a knowledge that for the nations finds its saving fulfillment in the gospel of Christ.
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Cross-references · 15
- Ezek 30:8They shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.
- Ezek 30:16I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis shall have adversaries in the daytime.
- Amos 1:4but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
- Jer 25:22and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;
- Ps 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- Isa 66:19“I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
- Amos 1:10but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces.”
- Nah 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
- Ezek 38:19–22For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath I have spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
- Ezek 38:6Gomer, and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his hordes; even many peoples with you.
- Amos 1:7but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces.
- Ezek 38:11and you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;
- Judg 18:7Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were there, how they lived in safety, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land, possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with anyone else.
- Zeph 2:11Yahweh will be awesome to them, for he will famish all the gods of the land. Men will worship him, everyone from his place, even all the shores of the nations.
- Ezek 38:13Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, shall tell you, Have you come to take the plunder? have you assembled your company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?
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