Ezekiel 38:22 KJV
And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Words Then and Now
- brimstone sulfur Still heard today: fire-and-brimstone preaching, preaching of judgment Webster’s 1828 · Brimstone
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- God's judgmentsThe enemy should make a formidable descent upon the land of Israel. When Israel dwell safely under the Divine protection, shalt not thou be made to know it...
Thompson Chains
- Pestilence (1)See the chain from Leviticus 26:25 · 8 links
- DelugeSee the chain from Genesis 6:7 · 8 links
- HailSee the chain from Exodus 9:23 · 6 links
- BrimstoneSee the chain from Genesis 19:24 · 4 links
- Judgment ac. to WorksSee the chain from Psalms 62:12 · 10 links
Cross References
- Psalms 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
- Psalms 18:12–14 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. …
- Isaiah 28:17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
- Isaiah 66:16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
- Jeremiah 25:31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
- Ezekiel 13:11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
- Revelation 16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
- Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
- Exodus 9:22–25 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. …
- Joshua 10:11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
- Psalms 77:16–18 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. …
- Isaiah 29:6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
- Isaiah 30:30–33 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. …
- Ezekiel 5:17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
- Zechariah 14:12–15 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. …
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities God is glorified in
- Brimstone Figurative
- Gog Prophecy against
- Judgments Design of Judgments
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible595–572 BC · Ezekiel
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And I will plead וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּי wĕnišpaṭtî שָׁפַט Verb · niphal sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
- against him with pestilence אִתּוֹ ʾittô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular בְּדֶבֶר bĕdeber דֶּבֶר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
- and with blood וּבְדָם ûbĕdām דָּם Noun · masculine singular · with and, preposition
- and I will rain אַמְטִיר ʾamṭîr מָטַר Verb · hiphil imperfect, first person common singular
- upon him, and upon his bands עָלָיו ʿālāyw Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular וְעַל wĕʿal Preposition · with and אֲגַפָּיו ʾăgappāyw אַגָּף Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- and upon the many רַבִּים rabbîm רַב Adjective · masculine plural
- people וְעַל wĕʿal Preposition · with and עַמִּים ʿammîm עַם Noun · masculine plural
- that are with him, an overflowing שׁוֹטֵף šôṭēp שָׁטַף Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative אִתּוֹ ʾittô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- rain וְגֶשֶׁם wĕgešem גֶּשֶׁם Noun · masculine singular · with and
- and great hailstones וְאַבְנֵי wĕʾabnê אֶבֶן Noun · feminine plural construct · with and אֶלְגָּבִישׁ ʾelgābîš אֶלְגָּבִישׁ Noun · masculine singular
- fire אֵשׁ ʾēš אֵשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular
- and brimstone וְגָפְרִית wĕgoprît גׇּפְרִית Noun · feminine singular · with and
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