And I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords.
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
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya are the confederates marshaled with the Turk in this assault. Persia lies near and may well fall under Turkish dominion through its own divisions; Ethiopia here means Arabia Chusea between Judea and Egypt, now Turkish-held; Libya, named after Ham's son, stretches west of Egypt in Africa under Turkish rule. All come armed with shield and helmet as the Lybians and Egyptians before them.
AI summary
turn thee back--as a refractory wild beast, which thinks to take its own way, but is bent by a superior power to turn on a course which must end in its destruction. Satan shall be, by overruling Providence, permitted to deceive them to their ruin (Rev 20:7-8). hooks into thy jaws-- (Eze 29:4; Kg2 19:28).