Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 39:1

"And thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:" — Ezekiel 39:1 (ASV)

The present chapter describes the defeat of Evil and the triumph of God and His people. As the prophet predicted the advance of Evil under the figure of the invasion of an actual army; so he declares the overthrow of Evil by the figure of a host routed and slain, and the consequent purification of a land, partially overrun and disturbed. Some forgetting that this is figurative, have searched history to find some campaign in the land of Israel, some overthrow of invaders, to which this prophecy refers, and have assigned locations to the burial-place “Hamon-Gog” (Ezekiel 39:11).