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Ezekiel 38

Ezek. 38:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And I will plead
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
against him with pestilence
deber (Hebrew #1698)
a pestilence
KJV usage: murrain, pestilence, plague.
Pronounce: deh'-ber
Origin: from 1696 (in the sense of destroying)
and with blood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
; and I will rain
matar (Hebrew #4305)
to rain
KJV usage: (cause to) rain (upon).
Pronounce: maw-tar'
Origin: a primitive root
upon him, and upon his bands
'aggaph (Hebrew #102)
a cover or heap; i.e. (only plural) wings of an army, or crowds of troops
KJV usage: bands.
Pronounce: ag-gawf'
Origin: probably from 5062 (through the idea of impending)
, and upon the many
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
that are with him, an overflowing
shataph (Hebrew #7857)
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
KJV usage: drown, (over-)flow(- whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).
Pronounce: shaw-taf'
Origin: a primitive root
rain
geshem (Hebrew #1653)
a shower
KJV usage: rain, shower.
Pronounce: gheh'-shem
Origin: from 1652
, and great hailstones
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
'elgabiysh (Hebrew #417)
hail (as if a great pearl)
KJV usage: great hail(-stones).
Pronounce: el-gaw-beesh'
Origin: from 410 and 1378
c, fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
, and brimstone
gophriyth (Hebrew #1614)
properly, cypress- resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
KJV usage: brimstone.
Pronounce: gof-reeth'
Origin: probably feminine of 1613
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Rev. 16:21• 21and a great hail, as of a talent weight, comes down out of the heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, for the plague of it is exceeding great. (Rev. 16:21)

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Blood,
Brimstone,
Fire,
Pestilence,
Rain

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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I will plead.
Isa. 66:16• 16For by fire and by his sword will Jehovah enter into judgment with all flesh: and the slain of Jehovah shall be many. (Isa. 66:16)
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Jer. 25:31• 31The noise shall come to the end of the earth: for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations, he entereth into judgment with all flesh; as for the wicked, he will give them up to the sword, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 25:31)
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Zech. 14:12‑15• 12And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred 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.
 13And it shall come to pass in that day that a great panic from Jehovah shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
 14And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together--gold, and silver, and garments, in great abundance.
 15And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in those camps, as this plague. (Zech. 14:12‑15)
with pestilence.
Ezek. 5:17• 17And I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, which shall bereave thee of children; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee: I, Jehovah, have spoken. (Ezek. 5:17)
an overflowing.
Ezek. 13:11• 11say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing rain, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall burst forth. (Ezek. 13:11)
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Gen. 19:24• 24And Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven, (Gen. 19:24)
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Ex. 9:22‑25• 22And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be hail throughout the land of Egypt, upon men, and upon cattle, and upon every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.
 23And Moses stretched out his staff toward the heavens, and Jehovah gave thunder and hail; and the fire ran along the ground; and Jehovah rained hail on the land of Egypt.
 24And there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there had been none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
 25And the hail smote throughout the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both men and cattle; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field. (Ex. 9:22‑25)
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Josh. 10:11• 11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel,--they were at the descent of Beth-horon,--that Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them up to Azekah, and they died. They were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel had slain with the sword. (Josh. 10:11)
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Psa. 11:6• 6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup. (Psa. 11:6)
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Psa. 18:12‑14• 12From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed forth: hail and coals of fire.
 13And Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.
 14And he sent his arrows, and scattered mine enemies; and he shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them. (Psa. 18:12‑14)
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Psa. 77:16‑18• 16The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they trembled, yea, the depths were troubled:
 17The thick clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound, yea, thine arrows went abroad:
 18The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind, lightnings lit up the world; the earth was troubled and it quaked. (Psa. 77:16‑18)
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Isa. 28:17• 17And I will appoint judgment for a line, and righteousness for a plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place. (Isa. 28:17)
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Isa. 29:6• 6Thou shalt be visited by Jehovah of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. (Isa. 29:6)
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Isa. 30:30‑33• 30And Jehovah will cause the majesty of his voice to be heard, and will shew the lighting down of his arm with indignation of anger, and a flame of consuming fire, with waterflood and storm and hailstones.
 31For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be broken down: he will smite him with the rod.
 32And wherever shall pass the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, it shall be with tambours and harps; and with tumultuous battles will he fight with it.
 33For Topheth is prepared of old; for the king also it is prepared: he hath made it deep and large; its pile is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. (Isa. 30:30‑33)
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Matt. 7:27• 27and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell, and its fall was great. (Matt. 7:27)
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Rev. 16:21• 21and a great hail, as of a talent weight, comes down out of the heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, for the plague of it is exceeding great. (Rev. 16:21)
• That this is none other than the last destruction of Israel's foes before the millennium should be plain enough from the words that follow, not to speak of the chapter after this, and all the rest of the prophecy. (“Notes on Ezekiel 38:10-23” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many peoples that are with him, overflowing rain and great hailstones, fire and brimstone.