Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 38:6

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Ezekiel 38:6

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Ezekiel 38:6

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Gomer, and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north, and all his hordes; even many peoples with thee." — Ezekiel 38:6 (ASV)

Gomer ... Togarmah.— Again the address turns to the extreme north. Gomer, like Magog, a people descended from Japheth (Genesis 10:2; 1 Chronicles 1:5), is identified with the Cimmerians; and for the house of Togarmah, the Armenians, see Note on Ezekiel 27:14. In the last clause of the verse, people should be in the plural. This was to be a general gathering of the strength of the world against the Church of God.