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Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of [a]Magog, the prince of Rosh, of Meshech, and of Tubal, and prophesy against him,

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  1. Ezekiel 38:2 Gog is a symbolic name, representing the leader of the world powers antagonistic to God (see also Rev. 20:8). Meshech and Tubal are understood to have been the same as the Moschi and Tibareni of the Greeks—tribes that inhabited regions in the Caucasus. Rosh, which some would identify with Russia, must have designated a land and people somewhere in the same area. And therefore the Gog of Ezekiel must be viewed as in some sense the head of the high regions in the northwest of Asia. (Patrick Fairbairn, The Imperial Bible-dictionary).

“Son of man, set your face against Gog,(A) of the land of Magog,(B) the chief prince of[a] Meshek and Tubal;(C) prophesy against him

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  1. Ezekiel 38:2 Or the prince of Rosh,

You shall ascend and come like a storm; you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you and all your hosts and many people with you.

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You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm;(A) you will be like a cloud(B) covering the land.(C)

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15 And you will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army.

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15 You will come from your place in the far north,(A) you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army.(B)

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22 And with pestilence and with bloodshed will I enter into judgment with [Gog], and I will rain upon him and upon his hordes and upon the many peoples that are with him torrents of rain and great hailstones, fire and brimstone.(A)

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22 I will execute judgment(A) on him with plague and bloodshed;(B) I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones(C) and burning sulfur(D) on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.(E)

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