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Ezekiel 38

Ezek. 38:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Be thou prepared
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
b, and prepare
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
for thyself, thou, and all thy company
qahal (Hebrew #6951)
assemblage (usually concretely)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
Pronounce: kaw-hawl'
Origin: from 6950
that are assembled
qahal (Hebrew #6950)
to convoke
KJV usage: assemble (selves) (together), gather (selves) (together).
Pronounce: 'kaw-hal'
Origin: a primitive root
unto thee, and be thou a guard
mishmar (Hebrew #4929)
a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (fig.); also (as observed) a usage (abstr.), or an example (concr.)
KJV usage: diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.
Pronounce: mish-mawr'
Origin: from 8104
unto them.
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Amos 4:12• 12Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. (Amos 4:12)

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Ministry on This Verse

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2 Chron. 25:8• 8But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God will make thee fall before the enemy, for there is with God power to help and to cast down. (2 Chron. 25:8)
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Psa. 2:1‑4• 1Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed:
 3Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!
 4He that dwelleth in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall have them in derision. (Psa. 2:1‑4)
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Isa. 8:9‑10• 9Rage, ye peoples, and be broken in pieces! And give ear, all ye distant parts of the earth: Gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces!
 10Settle a plan, and it shall come to nought; speak a word, and it shall not stand: for *God is with us. (Isa. 8:9‑10)
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Isa. 37:22• 22this is the word which Jehovah hath spoken against him: The virgin-daughter of Zion despiseth thee, laugheth thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem shaketh her head at thee. (Isa. 37:22)
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Jer. 46:3‑5,14‑16• 3Make ready buckler and shield, and draw near to battle!
 4Harness the horses, and mount ye horsemen, and stand forth with helmets; polish the spears, put on the coats of mail!
 5Why do I see them dismayed, turned away back? And their mighty ones are beaten down, and take to flight, and look not back? Terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.
 14Declare in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph, and in Tahpanhes; say, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword devoureth round about thee.
 15Why are thy valiants swept away? They stood not, for Jehovah did thrust them down.
 16He made many to stumble, yea, one fell upon another; and they said, Arise, and let us return to our own people and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. (Jer. 46:3‑5,14‑16)
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Jer. 51:12• 12Lift up a banner towards the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both devised and done that which he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon. (Jer. 51:12)
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Joel 3:9‑12• 9Proclaim this among the nations: prepare war, arouse the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
 10Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.
 11Haste ye and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together. Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.
 12Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about. (Joel 3:9‑12)
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Amos 4:12• 12Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. (Amos 4:12)
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Zech. 14:2‑3• 2And I will assemble all the nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity; and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
 3And Jehovah will go forth and fight with those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. (Zech. 14:2‑3)
• With grave irony he is told to be prepared and prepare himself, and he and all his vast confederacy, and be their guard—if he can! (“Notes on Ezekiel 38:1-9” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself thou, and all thine assemblage that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guardc unto them.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "chief," "commander." Same word as "watch," Jer. 51.12.