and say, ‘I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’
God puts hooks in His enemy's jaws before the trouble even comes, so His people need not be frightened. He foresees those who will attack His church and declares Himself against them, yet turns even their wrath to His praise and the glory of His own name.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 38:1-13
Gog mistakes the Jews' settlement and wealth for defenselessness, thinking to seize their goods as easy plunder. But he does not reckon that Jerusalem sits in the navel of the land itself, under the watch of the God who dwells there.
AI summary
dwell safely--that is, securely, without fear of danger (compare Est 9:19). Antiochus, the type of Antichrist, took Jerusalem without a blow.