6And 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.
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And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)This prophecy begins as that before (Ezek. 38:3-4; I am against thee, and I will turn thee back ); for there is need of line upon line, both for the conviction of Israel’s enemies and the comfort of Israel’s friends. Here, as there, it is foretold that God will bring this enemy from the north parts , as formerly the Chaldeans were fetched from the north, Jer. 1:14 ( Omne malum ab aquilone—Every ev…
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