11<\/strong>. Cf. Deu 3:5 ; 1Sa 6:18<\/span>; Jdg 18:27<\/span>. “Safely,” i.e. in confidence, Eze 38:8<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n Unwalled villages – <\/B>Compare Zec 2:4-5<\/span>.<\/P><\/p>\n Thou shalt say; <\/B>thou wilt resolve in thyself, and declare it to thy council. <\/P> Go up; <\/B>invade with all thy puissance. <\/P> Of unwalled villages; <\/B>weak, and without any considerable defences: a scattered people, that dwell in villages, can make little if any resistance. <\/P> That are at rest; <\/B>who would willingly be quiet. <\/P> That dwell safely; <\/B>suspecting as little evil from others, as they intend little against others, and trusting in the protection of their God, who hath promised they shall dwell safely. <\/P> Without walls<\/B> that may resist and be too strong for my forces and engines; though they have walls, bars, and gates, yet Gog accounts as none against his mighty armies. <\/P> <\/p>\n 11. dwell safely<\/B>that is,securely, without fear of danger (compare Es9:19<\/span>). Antiochus, the type of Antichrist, took Jerusalem withouta blow.<\/P><\/p>\n And thou shall say<\/strong>,…. What came into his mind, and what he thought of; this he shall say to his privy counsellors and ministers of state; or to the generals and officers of his army; or to his confederates and allies, and even to them all, to have their opinion and approbation of it; and to encourage them to join him, and go with him:<\/p>\n I will go up to the land of unwalled villages<\/strong>; a land which has nothing but villages in it, and those no walls about them to protect them: this he said by way of contempt; and the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it “the abject land”; and to observe how easily he could conquer it, there being nothing in his way to hinder him, or give him trouble:<\/p>\n I will go to them that are at rest, and dwell safely<\/strong>: as the Jews will do in the latter day, when they shall own and acknowledge the Messiah,<\/p>\n Jer 23:5<\/span>, and dwell in their own land, where they will be quiet and peaceable, and think and do no harm to any, nor mistrust their neighbours doing any harm to them; but shall live in the utmost tranquillity and security; and which Gog or the Turks will take the advantage of; and from hence promise themselves an easy conquest of them:<\/p>\n all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates<\/strong>; no walls to their cities; no gates to walls; nor bars to gates; but without either; being under the protection of God, and putting their trust in him, who is a wall of fire round about his people; and is better to them, than gates with bars.<\/p>\n (11) The land of unwalled villages.<\/strong>Again, omit the definite article before land,<\/em> as in Eze. 38:8<\/span>. The description of a people living in prosperity and security looks quite beyond anything hitherto realised in the history of the Jews, and points to such a state of things as is described in Zec. 2:4-5<\/span>. The description of the attack of Gog and Magog in Rev. 20:9<\/span> corresponds to this.<\/p>\n Eze 38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,<\/p>\n Ver. 11. I will go up to the land of unwalled villages.<\/strong> ] That care not to fortify their towns, but commit themselves to God, and think to escape us, but we shall soon show them their folly therein. The Hebrews have one and the same word for folly ( ) and confidence. ( Psa 49:14 Ecc 7:25<\/span> Psa 78:7 Job 31:24 ) See on Job 4:6 But “in the fear of the Lord is strong confidence; and his children,” though their towns be unwalled, “have a place of refuge.” Pro 14:26 <\/p>\n unwalled villages = mere hamlets. <\/p>\n go up: Exo 15:9, Psa 10:9, Pro 1:11-16, Isa 37:24, Isa 37:25, Rom 3:15 <\/p>\n go to: Jdg 18:7, Jdg 18:27, Jer 49:31, Jer 49:32, Zec 2:4, Zec 2:5 <\/p>\n safely: or, confidently, Eze 38:8, Pro 3:29, Pro 3:30 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 14:3 – Pharaoh Deu 31:21 – I know Jos 8:16 – drawn away 1Ki 4:25 – safely Psa 139:2 – afar off Pro 24:8 – General Ecc 1:16 – communed Jer 30:10 – and shall Eze 11:5 – Thus have Eze 28:26 – safely Eze 30:9 – careless Eze 38:14 – dwelleth Eze 38:17 – whom Eze 39:6 – carelessly Mic 4:4 – none Mic 5:11 – and throw Nah 1:9 – do Mat 2:7 – General<\/p>\n Eze 38:11. Unwalled villages means the unfortified towns in which the people of Israel will be living with a feeling of security. They will have reason to feel that way after the captivity because God has promised them the security. The people of Magog (or Gog, as I use the terms interchangeably) will imagine they can take advantag,’ of this apparent defenseless condition of the Israelites.<\/p>\n 38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; {g} I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,<\/p>\n (g) Meaning Israel, which had now been destroyed and was not yet built again: declaring by this the simplicity of the godly, who seek not so much to fortify themselves by outward force, as to depend on the providence and goodness of God.<\/p>\n And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, 11. Cf. Deu 3:5 ; 1Sa 6:18; Jdg 18:27. “Safely,” i.e. in confidence, Eze 38:8. 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