translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EZK

label: NET study note

text: This may refer to a Lydian king in western Asia Minor in the seventh century b.c . Apart from Ezek 38-39 , the only other biblical reference to this king/nation is in Rev 20:8 . For a study of the names appearing in this verse, see E. Yamauchi, Foes From the Northern Frontier , 19-27.


text: One of the sons of Japheth according to Gen 10:2 ; 1 Chr 1:5 .


text: The Hebrew text mentions two different types of shields here.


text: That is, Lydia.


text: The seven-nation coalition represents the north (Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, Beth-Togarmah), the south/west (Ethiopia, Put) and the east (Persia). The use of the sevenfold list suggests completeness. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:441.


text: The phrase “in the fire of my fury” occurs in Ezek 21:31; 22:21, 31 .