Ezekiel 38:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

turn thee back: or, lead thee away enticingly. Compare Isaiah 47:10 (perverted). Jeremiah 50:6. See the Oxford Gesenius.

put hooks, &c. Compare Isaiah 37:29. Hebrew "curbs".

army, Hebrew "power"; put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for army, as translated.

company. gathered host. Compare Ezekiel 16:40.

Ezekiel 38:4

4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: