Ezekiel 38:3-4

Ezekiel was to announce that Yahweh was opposed to Gog. The Lord would reverse the fortunes of this ruler, take him captive, and bring him and his vast, impressive army out of his homeland. Putting hooks in his jaws pictures control that he would not be able to resist. The Lord would be the first cause of this action, but doubtless there would be secondary causes as well, such as Satan’s influence and human decisions (cf. 2 Samuel 24:1; 1 Chronicles 21:1; Isaiah 10:5-19; Habakkuk 1:5-11).