set thy face against] This prophecie may be referred to the desolations that should come upon the Jews after their return from Babylon, Daniel 8:23. &Daniel 11:31. Gog] Revelation 20:8. That is, the Kings of Asia minor and Syria, whose history is in the books of the Maccabees, where it is shewed how it came to passe that they and their armies fell in Judea: and these two names, God and Magog, largely note Seleucus kingdome, as doth Meshech, Tubal, Paras, Gomer and Togarmah. the land of Magog] Or, in the land. the chief prince] Or, prince of the chief. That is, a province, which shall rule over others, or governour of many: for the Prophet reciteth the names of certaine nations, by whom are to be understood, all they, whose endeavour and help the kings of Syria used to invade Judea, as appears verse the 5. and in the following. of Meshech] See Genesis 10:2.