Key Verse Spotlight
Ezekiel 38:7 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.”
Ezekiel 38:7
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: {Libya: or, Phut}
Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: {and} many people with thee.
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land {that is} brought back from the sword, {and is} gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
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