20<\/strong>. The terror of creation before the majesty of Jehovah shall be universal, and all that is high shall be brought down. The passage agrees with the usual prophetic descriptions of the day of the Lord, cf. Zep 1:1<\/span> seq<\/em>.; Isaiah 2-3; Jer 4:23-26<\/span>. It describes Jehovah’s final manifestation of himself in his fury and jealousy. In the earlier prophets this manifestation of his majesty by Jehovah usually precedes or accompanies the final restoration of his people, here it is postponed until long after they have entered upon the rest of God in their own land. In other words that which earlier writers view as one scene, comprising Jehovah’s revelation of himself and the final restoration of his people, is resolved into two, one of which takes place long after the other. The same difference is observable in the New Test. between the representation of the Apocalyptist and that of the other writers.<\/p>\n the steep places<\/em> ] the clefts<\/strong> of the hills. In Son 2:14<\/span> the term is rendered “stairs,” but it is parallel to “clefts of the rock,” and has the same general meaning.<\/p>\n Here is a lofty strain indeed, giving us the description of the tokens of Gods presence against his enemies; the effects of his displeasure against them are seen on all the creatures, sensible that their Maker is angry, though they know not with whom or for what. If to be interpreted literally, we shall find some parallels: when our God. marched before Israel through the Red Sea, as the waters, so the fishes, saw, trembled, and fled, Psa 77:16<\/span>,19<\/span>. When he breaketh the cedars, Psa 29:5<\/span>, and discovers the forests, the birds that make their nests there shake at his presence and power. When Sinai trembled, Lebanon and Sirion skipped like a young unicorn, the creeping things in them no doubt shook, and the beasts feeding on them did no less, Psa 29:6<\/span>. But men, apprehensive of Gods displeasure, and shaken with their own guilt, shall much more shake. But I think it is a very elegant allusive description of those strange troubles and consternation of mens minds at that day, and so metaphorically to be understood. Mountains may be great ones. Or, possibly, when God comes to judge Gog, he will by his mighty power give the world so great a shake, that it shall be a preface to his dreadful judgment day. <\/P> <\/p>\n 20. fishes<\/B>disturbed by thefleets which I will bring. <\/P> fowls,<\/B> c.frightened atthe sight of so many men: an ideal picture. <\/P> mountains<\/B>that is, thefortresses on the mountains. <\/P> steep places<\/B>literally,”stairs” (So 2:14<\/span>)steep terraces for vines on the sides of hills, to prevent the earthbeing washed down by the rains. <\/P> every wall<\/B>of towns.<\/P><\/p>\n So that the fishes of the sea shall shake at my presence<\/strong>,…. From whence it appears that this great shaking shall not be on account of the army of Gog, and the devastations that it shall make; but on account of the powerful presence of God, which will be manifest in the destruction of his army: and what is here said of the shaking of the fishes of the sea,<\/p>\n and the fowls of the heaven, and the beast of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the earth<\/strong>, must be understood figuratively and hyperbolically, as Kimchi observes, and in allusion to earthquakes, which both shake and terrify all kind of creatures; the blow given to Gog will be so terrible, that all nature will seem to be thrown into a convulsion and agitation by it; see Jer 4:24<\/span>:<\/p>\n and the mountains shall be thrown down<\/strong>; as they are sometimes by earthquakes; and as the mount of Olives will at this time cleave asunder; and perhaps other mountains will, as Kimchi observes, see<\/p>\n Zec 14:2<\/span>:<\/p>\n and the steep places shall fall<\/strong>; the Targum renders the word “towers”; and so the Syriac version, and Piscator: the word signifies stairs or steps t, such as in a ladder; and is translated “stairs”, So 2:14<\/span> it seems to me to design such mounts as are raised by besiegers of a city, by means of which they may be able to scale the walls of it, which Jarchi suggests; though he says he had heard it said that these, are rocks bending over and hanging, and appear as if they were falling; which agrees with our version; and it may be observed, in some of those precipices, there are like stairs or steps to go up them:<\/p>\n and every wall shall fall to the ground<\/strong>: this shows that the words are not to be taken literally, but figuratively; only to express how sensibly the power of God should be felt and perceived by all creatures, and in all parts of the land; since now the Jews will dwell in a land of unwalled villages, and in cities without walls, bars, and gates; see<\/p>\n Eze 38:11<\/span>.<\/p>\n t “gradus”, Munster, Pagninus, Montanus.<\/p>\n (20) The mountains shall be thrown down.<\/strong>In Eze. 38:19-22<\/span> the whole earth, animate and inanimate, is represented as affected by the terrible judgment of the Almighty upon His enemies. Such, as has been already noted, is the common language of prophecy in describing great moral events, and it is especially used in connection with the judgments of the last day.<\/p>\n Eze 38:20<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>So that the fishes, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> There is nothing hyperbolical in this; for the prophet describes a terrible earthquake, whereby the mountains are shaken, and great fragments of rocks precipitated from their tops, to the great terror and astonishment of every part of the creation. See Houbigant. Instead of shake, <\/em>we may read tremble.<\/em> <\/p>\n Eze 38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that [are] upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.<\/p>\n Ver. 20. Shall shake at my presence.<\/strong> ] And wriggle into their holes, as worms do in time of thunder. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And the mountains shall be thrown down.<\/strong> ] Hyperbolical threats, to set forth the dreadfulness of God’s fierce wrath, which burns as low as hell itself.<\/p>\n fall = sink down. <\/p>\n the fishes: Jer 4:23-26, Hos 4:3, Nah 1:4-6, Zec 14:4, Zec 14:5, Rev 6:12, Rev 6:13 <\/p>\n steep places: or, towers, or stairs, Isa 30:25, 2Co 10:4 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Psa 18:7 – foundations Psa 76:8 – didst Jer 4:24 – mountains Hag 2:6 – and I Hag 2:21 – I will<\/p>\n Eze 38:20. We know the predictions are still against Gog and the allies that will be with him when he comes to attack the land of Israel. Much of the language, therefore, must be taken figuratively. IE the fishes, fowls and beasts were literally disturbed, and tbe mountains were demolished in the land of Palestine, then the people of Israel would suffer as well as Gog. The conclusion is therefore reasonable that it is all an ideal picture of the disturbances which God will cause Gog to encounter with reference to his own situation.<\/p>\n 38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping animals that creep upon the earth, and all the men that [are] upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be overturned, and the {n} steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.<\/p>\n (n) All means by which man would think to save himself will fail, the affliction in those days will be so great, and the enemies destruction will be so terrible.<\/p>\n Every living thing on earth would feel this earthquake, the sign of God’s presence. Mountains would fall down, as well as cliffs with their steep pathways, as would the walls that people had erected. Gog’s allied forces would even turn on each other and fight one another (cf. Jdg 7:22; 1Sa 14:20; Hag 2:22; Zec 14:13; Rev 19:19-20). Apparently the sword that God would call for to defeat Gog would be that of his own allies rather than that of Israel (cf. Rev 20:9).<\/p>\n So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that [are] upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 38:20”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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