To take. spoil, &c. The Hebrew exhibits the Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6). "To spoil. spoil and to prey. prey". Compare Psalms 83:4, &c.
upon. against.. special various reading called Sevin (App-34) reads "over".
People: i.e. Israel, as in Ezekiel 39:13. not in verses: Ezekiel 38:6; Ezekiel 38:8; Ezekiel 38:9, Eze 6:15, Eze 6:22.
midst. Hebrew. navel. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunet), App-6, for the middle.
land. earth. Hebrew. eretz. Compare Ezekiel 38:18. Of which Palestine is in the centre, politically and morally, if not exactly geographically.