Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 38:5
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
5. Cf. on Eze 27:10, Eze 30:5.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Libya and Ethiopia, mixed with the northern invaders, are tribes from the extreme south, to show that this is a general combination of the foes of Gods people.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 5. Persia] That a part of this country was tributary to Antiochus, see 1Macc 3:31.
Ethiopia, and Libya] That these were auxiliaries of Antiochus is evident from Da 11:43: “The Libyans and Ethiopians shall be at his steps.”
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Persia; the land for the people who a Mahometans, and enemies to the name of Christ.
Ethiopia; not the African, which is Abyssinia, or Nubia, or both the old Macrobii, but the Asiatic or Arabian Ethiopia, posterity of Cush, Mahometans too. Libya; a people of Africa, either now subjects of, or confederates with, the Turks, and who are near enough to join, when the effect shall demonstrate this Gog who he is.
With shield and helmet; prepared to save themselves what they can, though they slay their enemies. Now some of all these were in the armies of Antiochus against the Jews, and many more will serve in the last army of Gog.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
5. Persia . . . Libyaexpresslyspecified by APPIAN assupplying the ranks of Antiochus’ army.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Persia, Ethiopia, and Lybia with them,…. These are the confederates or auxiliaries of the Turks, which shall join with them in this expedition. Persia is a neighbouring kingdom to the Turks, and may fall into their hands before this comes to pass; and is in a fair way for it at this time, through the internal divisions in it; however, it will be confederate with them. Ethiopia or Cush does not design the country of the Abyssines in the dominions of the Great Mogul, but Arabia Chusea, which lay between Judea and Egypt, and is now in the hands of the Turks; and Lybia or Phut is the name of one of the sons of Ham, Ge 10:6 who, according to Josephus g, founded Lybia; and from him the inhabitants of it were called Phuteans (as they are here by the Targum); and he observes that there is a river of his name in Mauritania. Lybia is a country in Africa, to the west of Egypt and subject to the Turks:
all of them with shield and helmet; the Lybians are described by Jeremiah, Jer 46:9, as
those that handle the shield; and the Egyptians, to whom the Lybians were near neighbours, and whom they might imitate in their warlike arms, as in other things, wore shields down to the feet, as Xenophon h relates.
g Antiqu. l. 1. c. 6. sect. 2. h Cyropaedia, l. 6. c. 14. & l. 7. c. 11.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(5) Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya.Having summoned the nations from the extreme north, the prophet now turns first to the east, and then to the south and west. No neighbouring nations are mentioned at all, but only those living on the confines of the known world are summoned to this symbolic contest. The supposition of a literal alliance of nations so situated is out of the question.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
5. See notes Eze 27:10; Eze 30:5. Toy thinks, perhaps, Paras should not be translated Persia; but refers to the insignificant province of Parsua mentioned in the inscriptions.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Eze 38:5. Persia The Persians are here mentioned among the auxiliary forces of Gog, which seems to subvert the opinion of Calmet; for it appears by no means probable, that the Persians should be mentioned as auxiliaries in the army of a king of Persia. See Houbigant, and the next verse.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Eze 38:5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Ver. 5. Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya. ] A numerous army from all parts. The Church is against all the world, and all the world against the Church. Hic vir totius orbis impetum sustinuit, saith one once concerning Athanasius. A silly poor maid, in the midst of many fierce and savage creatures assaulting her every moment, is a true picture of the Church, saith Luther.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Ethiopia = Cush.
Libya = Phut. Compare Eze 27:10; Eze 30:5. These were descended from Ham (Gen 10:6).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Persia: Eze 27:10
Libya: or, Phut, Eze 30:5, Gen 10:6, 1Ch 1:8, Nah 3:9, Put
Reciprocal: 2Ki 14:10 – thine heart Dan 11:43 – the Libyans
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 38:5-6, These verses are grouped into one paragraph because they contain many of the allies of Magog that will join in attacking the land of Israel.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
38:5 {c} Persia, Cush, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
(c) The Persians, Ethiopians and men of Africa.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
Along with Gog, the Lord would take Persia, Ethiopia, Put, Gomer, and Beth-togarmah captive. This would involve vast numbers of soldiers. Persia lay to Israel’s northeast, Ethiopia to her southwest, Put to her southeast (on the African coast of the southern Red Sea), Gomer to her northwest (in the Taurus mountains of Anatolia and possibly farther northwest in modern western Europe), and Beth-togarmah to her northwest (southeast of the Black Sea). Thus peoples all around Israel would unite against her under Gog’s leadership. As Babylonia sought to destroy Israel in the past, so this latter-day Babylon will seek to destroy her in the future (cf. Rev 16:13-14; Rev 17:5). Ezekiel pictured a large alliance of nations against Israel.