Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
plead—a forensic term; because God in His inflictions acts on the principles of His own immutable justice, not by arbitrary impulse (Isaiah 66:16; Jeremiah 25:31).
blood . . . hailstones, fire— (Revelation 8:7; Revelation 16:21). The imagery is taken from the destruction of Sodom and the plagues of Egypt (compare Psalms 11:6). Antiochus died by "pestilence" (2 Maccabees 9:5).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 38:22:
Ezekiel 39:2
Joel 3:2
Joel 3:16
Amos 7:4
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