Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Gog - is not mentioned by name in any existing prophecy before Ezekiel' s time. The reference here shows
(1) that the conflict with Gog does not represent a particular event, but one of which the prophets in general had to speak;
(2) that in the interpretation of Old Testament prophecy we are to look beyond special fulfillments.
Events in the world' s history come within a prophet' s ken as parts of the divine administration whereby evil struggles against but is overcome by good. As every such conflict is a prelude to the final struggle, so its prediction has reference ultimately to the consummation here foretold.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Ezekiel 38:17:
Ezekiel 38:1
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