Iran Ezekiel 38

The name for Iran prior to 1935 was Persia.

In the Bible we know that Persia will join Magog (Russia), in an attack against Israel.

300 Iranian drones, missiles, and rockets were sent toward Israel, 99% of them were taken down by the Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and other technology that America has provided for the nation Israel.

Genesis 12:3 NKJV

I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Luke 21:28 NKJV

Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”

GOG AND MAGOG

Old Testament 38:1-39:29: Gog and Magog

Gog and Magog

38:2. Gog. The identification of Gog has perplexed commentators for centuries. The most likely explanation is that the name is a derivative of Gyges, who was a Lydian king mentioned in Assyrian and Greek sources. In the former he is called Gugu and he rules over mat Gugu, which is Akkadian for the “land of Gugu.” His reign, however, is fifty or more years prior to the time of Ezekiel, so some have argued that the name became a dynastic title used by his royal descendants. The king of Lydia at the time of Ezekiel is Alyattes. There is no evidence that Lydia ever threatened Judah, but the Lydians were involved in a serious war against Cyaxares and the Medes in 585. Gog looks similar to the names Agag and Og, two famous enemies of Israel.

38:2. Magog. Magog is likely a Hebrew form of Akkadian Mat Gugu, “the land of Gog,” which Josephus identified as Lydia in western Anatolia.

38:2. Meschech and Tubal. At the end of the eighth century, these two Anatolian kingdoms were ravaged by internal warfare, conquered by Sargon II of Assyria and invaded by the Cimmerians from southern Russia. Unfortunately, little of their history survives from the seventh and early sixth centuries. It is thought that they were incorporated under Lydian control after the conclusion of the Cimmerian wars. In the spring of 585 the Lydians were at war with the Medes. They are mentioned again in the Persian period as separate ethnic identities. They are known to the Assyrians as Mushku (central Anatolia) and Tabal (eastern Anatolia), and to Herodotus as the Moschi and Tibarenoi (subject states of the Persian empire). At the end of the eighth century the king of Mushku was Mita, known to the Greeks as Midas, the king with the golden touch. His tomb has been identified at Gordion and excavated.

PERSIA, Lydia, and Put (Libya)

Old Testament 26:1-28:19: Lament and Oracles Concerning Tyre

Persia was in western Iran and Lydia in central Turkey, while Put may referred to the Libyans west of Egypt.

Jeremiah 49:34–39 NKJV

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, The foremost of their might. Against Elam I will bring the four winds From the four quarters of heaven, And scatter them toward all those winds; There shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not go. For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies And before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them, My fierce anger,’ says the Lord; ‘And I will send the sword after them Until I have consumed them. I will set My throne in Elam, And will destroy from there the king and the princes,’ says the Lord. ‘But it shall come to pass in the latter days: I will bring back the captives of Elam,’ says the Lord.”

Isaiah, Jeremiah & Lamentations Notes

This territory was 200 miles east of Babylon beyond the Tigris, with Susa as its capital. Elam was absorbed by the Persians in the sixth century and is now southwest Iran. Its people are known as skilled archers (Isa 22:6) from bas reliefs found in Nineveh.