EF#L Chap. XXXVIIL, c The Scythiars, and thoſe other Nations in this Army, werefrom their Original a violent, unjuſt. and thieviſh People, addiQed ro Rob. beries, and they now under this Geg follow the old Trade. 4 The ſame repeated. e Either ir ſpeaks the Eaſe with which Gog preſumeth | he ſhall do what he intendeth, or the ſad Deſolation which he would ' Cauſe to return upon the Fews. f Made ſo by the Babylonians, and continued fo till of Jate Years paſt. g Newly repeopled, and rebuilt upon their return out of Babylon. h Or which are now by your Huſe ; bandry and Diligence getting ſomewhat of Eſtate and Riches ; or, as 'we read 1t, have gotten ; for 'twas to Antioch: Epiphanes's time from! their Return near 350 Years, and from the finiſhing the Walls of Je- ru/alem by Neh:miahto Antiochws time, 200 Years ; fo that in that time the 7ews might be grown rich enough to be accounted a great Prey ro him, if he were this Gog, however ſuch the 7ews will be thought when Gog attempts this Enterpriſe.
I3 Sheba 7 and Dedan &, and the merchants of Tar- ſhiſh }, with all the young lions »» thereof, ſhall fay unto thee, Art thou come to take » a ſpoil 2 haſt thou gathered
chat is brought back from the ſword, and is gathered! thy company to take a prey ? to carry away filver and out of many \people againſt þ the mountains of Iſrael, | old, : to take away Cattle and goods, to take a great which have been always waſte ;: but it & is brought: poll *
forch our of the nations /, and they ſhall dwell ſafely = i Vid. chap. 27. we. 22. this Sheba was Southward, and contains
of them:
c Some refer this to the time of the Maccabees, about 200 Years afrer their Return, and finiſhing the Repairs of the City Wall; others ſay, after the expiring of the Tooo Years ſpoken of, Revel. 20. 7. Bur certainly the full accompliſh-d days are yer to come, when Gog and Mazog ſhall be deſtroyed, and fo theſe days are the latter days of
che Miab's Kingdom among Men. @ Be called to account, judged |
and puniſhed for thy Violence, and poſſibly convinced by thy Over- throw, it may prove a Viſitation in Mercy for Converſion. e Theſe muſt be contemporary with the many days already mentioned, ſo that where thoſe, there theſe alſo are to be fixed. f Gog with all thy Num- bers. 2 The Land of the Jews, who were under this CharaTter in the Maccabzes time, and will be under the ſame in theſe latter days, a People of God recovered from Slavery and Captivity, into which the Sword of their Enemy had brought them, but God had now gathered out of the Countries. þ IF it refer ro G:g, *ewas againſt che Moun-
tains, bur if it doth, as it may, refer to the People gathered, ir ſhou'd " be to, not againſt the Mountains. 7 Either deſigned to Deſolation by,
the Rage and Malice of Enemies, or elſe becauſe ſo long waſte that it is beyond the Memory of many living ; 'twas 4ooYears and upwards from this Prophecy ro Artiochus Epiphanes's Death, ut he were Gog ; | but if the ten Tribes gathered tothe ewo, and made one Kingdom, be this People, and the waſted Mountains refer to them, they may well be called Mountains always waſte ; for 'tis aiready 2400 Years ſince the ten Tribes were carried away by Sa/manezer. k The Land of Ca.
naan, i. e. thc People of it, Land being, as often before, put for People. I Among whom they were ſcattered, of which Nations, tho we can! give account of them to whom the two Tribes were 1n Caprivity, we
cannot ſo of them to whom the ten Tribes are to this day Servants ' bur if this PrediQtion do as' mach concern them as ſome confidencly
believe, theſe dry Bones ſhall revive and come rogether. 2» This be. g2n at leaſt to be tulfilledwwhen for ſome 380 Years after their Return | they lived tolerably quiet, afterwards &nwochus vext them, and did them much Damage; what remains of longer and fuller Quier and
Proſperity afrer the ſlaying of Gog, time will diſcover to the People of God, whoſe Lot *cwill be to ſtand up in thoſe days.
o Thou ſhalt aſcend and » come up likea ſtorm, thou ſhalt be like a cloud to cover o the land, thou and all thy
| bands p, and many q people with thee.
»n Sometimes ſuch Phraſe declares Duty, and as 1s preceptive, bur here it declares the Event, and is prediCtive ; Geog will, tho he ſhould not. » The Hebrew might be read thus, Thou ſhalt aſcend as a Storm, thou ſhalt come as a Cloud, This Storm is violent with confuſed tu- multuous Noiſes, and with Devaſtation, as the word implieth ; and come as a Cloud, that is, as dark, as large, and as inevitable, and which continueth the violent waving Storm. o Gog and his Bands ſhall be a Storm that- overſpreads the whole Land. p Troops or Wings. 9q Many in Number, great in Courage and Strength.
10 Thus ſaith the Lord GOD, Ic ſhall alſo come to paſs, zhat at the ſame » time ſhall things 5 come into thy
. mind, and thou ſhalt || think * an evil thought.
ry That the People are gathered rogether, ſetling in Peace before they have ſecured themſelves ; much like the Dragon waiting on the Child-bearing Woman with purpoſe to devour her Child ; Projedts or Deſigns for Miſchief, as appears wer. 11. 5 And theſe miſchievous Thoughts thou ſhalt ſo manage, as ro forecaſt how they may, and to ſer on the Execution till they do take EffeQ. If Antiochus Epiphanes be this Gog, Darrel in chap. 11, ver. 24, 25. foretels the like thing of him againſt Egypr,
all of that Coaſt which aſſiſted Gog. &k 1dumeans, or the moſt Eaiterly
' Parts of Arabia Deſerta ; by theſe are noted the Eaſtera Nations thar , aſſiſted, ſay ſome. 7 The Inhabitants of the Sea-Coaſt Weſtward, and Magog North. Robbers by Land on three tides, Pirates by Sea ! on the fourth, in a Confederacy to ſpoil the Church of God. #2 Young Men thirſty of Blood, but more of Spoil, flock to Gog, reſolved to join if they may rob and ſpoil for themſelves. » This repeated =n- quiry made by theſe, I ſuppoſe is not fo much toſound the Intentions of Gog, as 'tis a Capitulation and Agreement to come to his Aſſiſtance ; and on Condition they might have, poſleſs, and carry away whac they ſeize, they are for him, and they mention Particulars, Silver, Gold, Cattel, Goods ; are thus exaQ, out of foreſight what little part they might have without ſuch a CompaR.
14 J Therefore, ſon of man, propheſie and fay unto Gog, Thus faith the Lord GOD, In that day o when my
peop'e of Iſrael dwelleth lafely p, ſhalt thou not know ta?