Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
God must say twice what He means: I am against you, Gog. Your army marches from the north as the Chaldeans did, the mountains of Israel become your slaughterhouse, and you fall disarmed and helpless, not one weapon in your hand shall profit you.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 39:1-7
Thou shalt fall upon the open field,.... Some part of his army should fall upon the mountains, and others upon the plain; wherever they will be found, they will be destroyed, either by the sword of the Jews and Christian princes, or by God's judgments from heaven: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God; and therefore it should surely come to pass, since...
The prophecy turns from warning to judgment. God will lead Gog forth, disarm him utterly, bow struck from his left hand, arrows falling from his right, and cast him down upon the mountains of Israel to feed the beasts. Fire shall consume Magog itself, that the nations may know who He is.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 39:1-8