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| 1 And the word of Yahweh came, unto me, saying: |
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| 2 Son of man, Set thy face against, Gog, of the land of the Magog, Prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal,–And prophesy concerning him, |
Gog – The merciless plunderers of regathered Israel. D554[D554:2]
Representing the "all nations" of Zech. 14:2. D555[D555:1]
Magog...Meshech...Tubal – Descendants of Japheth, Europeans. D556[D556:1]
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| 3 and thou shalt say, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,–Behold me! against thee, O Gog, Prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal; |
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| 4 Therefore I will turn thee about, and will put hooks in thy jaws,–and bring thee forth, and all thine army, Horses and horsemen, Clothed, with gorgeous attire, all of them, A mighty gathered host, With shield and buckler, handling swords, all of them: |
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| 5 Persia, Ethiopia and Libya, with them, All of them, with shield and helmet; |
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya – The very ones now occupying Egypt, Palestine and the east--and all these nations are Mohammedans. HG89:4[HG89:4]
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| 6 Gomer, and all her hordes, The house of Togarmah, the remote men of the North, and all his hordes, Many peoples with thee. |
Gomer...Togarmah – Descendants of Japheth, Europeans. D556[D556:1]
Of the north quarters – Possibly Russia. HG89:5[HG89:4]
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| 7 Be ready, and show thyself ready, Thou and all thy gathered host, who have gathered themselves unto thee,–And become thou for me, a guard. |
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| 8 After many days, shalt thou muster thy forces, In the afterpart of the years, shalt thou enter, Into the land of the remnant brought back from the sword, Gathered from among many peoples, Upon the mountains of Israel, which have been waste continually,–But, the same, from among the peoples, hath been brought forth. And they shall dwell in security, all of them. |
After many days – Gathering of Israel to Palestine within this Harvest period. D553[D552:2]
Gathered out – Indicating that Palestine would be released from Turkish oppression, and the Jews persecuted and driven out of various countries, before the great climax of trouble. R2056:1
During the Day of the Lord when the first return of the Israelites to Palestine shall have taken place (a second and greater returning evidently will not take place until after the time of trouble). R286:3[R286:21]
Dwell safely – At the time when the rest of the world is in its wildest confusion. D553[D552:2]
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| 9 Then shalt thou come up, Like a storm, shalt thou enter, Like a cloud covering the land, shalt thou be,–Thou, and all thy hordes, and many peoples with thee. |
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| 10 Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,–So shall it be in that day, that thoughts will come up on thy heart,–And thou wilt devise a wicked device; |
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| 11 and wilt say–I will go up over a land of hamlets, I will enter among them who are at rest, dwelling securely,–All of them, dwelling without, a wall, Who, bars and doors, have none; |
And thou – Gog--Europeans, with Asiatic and African allies. D555, D556
Unwalled villages – An open, defenseless condition. D554
That are at rest – Regathered Israel during the time of trouble. D553
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| 12 To capture spoil, And take prey,–To bring back thy hand over desolate places at length inhabited, And against a people gathered from among the nations, Getting herds and substance, Dwelling upon the navel of the earth. |
To take a spoil – Toward, or at the close of the time of trouble. R148:4, R410:1
For "the day of the Lord cometh, when thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee." (Zech. 14:1) R148:4
Many Jews have doubtless gone to Palestine, not out of respect to God's promises, but, realizing the dangers to which property will be exposed, have chosen to be far away from the strongholds of communism. R26:5, R410:1, R593:1
Their wealth and prosperity excite the cupidity of the nations. R286:3, R2056:1
To pillage and rob the wealthy Jews. R26:4, R410:1
Palestine must become wealthy to permit fulfilment. R1846:4
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| 13 Sheba, and, Dedan, and, the traders of Tarshish and all her young lions, will say to thee, To capture spoil, art thou, coming? And, to take prey, hast thou called together thy gathered host? To carry off silver and gold, To take away herds and substance, To capture great spoil? |
Sheba and Dedan – Descendants of Ham, North Africans. D556
Tarshish – Descendants of Japheth, Europeans. D556
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| 14 Therefore, prophesy, Son of man, and thou shalt say to Gog, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh: Shall it not be, in that day, because my people Israel are dwelling securely, that thou wilt rouse thyself? |
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| 15 Therefore wilt thou come out of thy place, Out of the remote parts of the North, Thou, and many peoples with thee,–Riding on horses, all of them, A mighty gathered host, Yea a great army; |
The north parts – Europe and Asia. D555
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| 16 Therefore wilt thou come up, against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land,–In the afterpart of the days, shall it be, that I will suffer thee to enter upon my land, To the end the nations, may know me, when I hallow myself in thee before their eyes, O Gog! |
In the latter days – Literally, the last of the days. D555
The closing scenes of the day of trouble. D555
Sanctified in thee – Set apart, distinguished as thy conqueror. D555
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| 17 Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Art, thou, he, of whom I spake in days aforetime, by the hand of my servants the prophets of Israel, who kept on prophesying in those days, for years,–That thou shouldest be suffered to come against them? |
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| 18 So then shall it come to pass in that day, In the day when Gog entereth, upon the soil of Israel, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, That mine indignation, shall come up, into my nostrils; |
My fury shall come up – The destruction of Israel's enemies can only be compared to the terrible overthrow of Pharoah and his hosts when seeking to repossess themselves of Israel whom God was delivering. D556
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| 19 Yea, in my jealousy, in the fire of mine outburst, have I spoken,–Surely, in that day, shall there be a great trembling upon the soil of Israel: |
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| 20 Then shall tremble before me, The fishes of the sea, and, The bird of the heavens, and, The wild beast of the field, and, Every creeping thing that creepeth on the ground, and, All the men, who are on the face of the ground,–and, The mountains, shall be torn asunder, and, The steep places, shall sink down, and, Every wall, to the earth, shall be thrown. |
The fishes – The men. C214
Of the sea – Masses of mankind not under religious restraint. R333:1
Fowls of the heaven – Satan and his agents. R2634:6, R817:3; C162
Beasts of the field – Symbol of Gentile governments. A261
The mountains – Kingdoms. A318; R5992:1
And every wall – Civil power. D40
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| 21 Then will I call against him, every terror, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, the sword of every man, against his brother, shall be; |
I will call – The Lord shall again fight for Israel. R1747:1
Every man's sword – National animosities will become personal animosities. R5852:5
The disconcerted hosts will effect the complete disruption of the present order of things. R5604:5, R5790:6
Against his brother – An outbreak of jealousy, revolution and anarchy amongst the various elements composing the mixed army, which will complete the universal insurrection and anarchy--the great earthquake of Rev. 16:18-21. D557
The spirit of anarchy will spread from nations to individuals. OV419:4
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| 22 Then will I contend with him, by pestilence and by blood,–And, an overflowing downpour and hailstones, fire and brimstone, will I rain, Upon him, and, Upon his hordes, and, Upon the many peoples, who are with him. |
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| 23 So will I, Magnify myself, and, Hallow myself, and, Make myself known, Before the eyes of many nations,–And they shall know, that, I, am Yahweh.
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They shall know – The miraculous overthrow of Gog will demonstrate to the world that Christ's Kingdom has come. R4751:3*
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