John Trapp on Ezekiel 39:1

CHAP. XXXIX.

Ver. 1. PRophecy againſt Gog] Prophecy again againſt him, for my peoples greater comfort. The Jews (noted ever to have been a light, aerial, and fanatical nation, apt to work themſelves into the fools paradiſe of a ſublime dotage) they expounding this Prophecy according to the letter, conclude that Chriſt is not yet come, becauſe theſe things here foretold are not yet fulfilled. When he doth come, they ſay, he ſhall ſet up his kingdom at Jeruſalem, gather all Iſrael out of all coaſts unto himſelf there, ſend each one to his own Tribe, and that moſt certainly, by the operation of his holy Spirit. There they ſhall be no ſooner ſetled, and the kingdom not yet fully ſtabliſhed,In fruſta vel ſcintillas redigam te. Pintus. Sextabo te. but Gog and Magog ſhall bring a huge army againſt Jeruſalem, where they ſhall fall by the ſword, lye unburied, &c.