CHAPTER 38
“Son
of man,
set
your face
against
Gog,
of the land
of Magog,
the chief
prince
of Meshech
and Tubal.
Prophesy
against him
and declare
that this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘Behold,
I am against you,
O Gog,
chief
prince
of Meshech
and Tubal.
I will turn you around,
put
hooks
in your jaws,
and bring you out
with all
your army—
your horses,
your horsemen
in full
armor,
a huge
company
armed with shields
and bucklers,
all
brandishing
their swords.
Gomer
with all
its troops;
and Beth-togarmah
from the far
north
with all
its troops—
many
nations
with you.
Get ready;
prepare
yourself,
you
and all
your company
gathered
around you;
you will be
their guard.
After a long
time
you will be summoned.
In the last
years
you will enter
a land
brought back
from war
and regathered
from many
peoples
to
the mountains
of Israel,
which
had long
been
desolate.
They
had been brought out
from the nations,
and all
now dwell
securely.
You
and all
your troops,
and many
peoples
with you
will go up,
advancing
like a thunderstorm;
you will be
like a cloud
covering
the land.’
This is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘On that
day,
thoughts
will arise
in
your mind,
and you will devise
an evil
plan.
You will say,
“I will go up
against
a land
of unwalled villages;
I will come against
a tranquil people
who dwell
securely,
all
of them living
without
walls
or
bars
or gates—
in order to seize
the spoil
and carry off the plunder,
to turn
a hand
against
the desolate places
now inhabited
and against
a people
gathered
from the nations,
who have acquired
livestock
and possessions
and who live
at
the center
of the land.”
Sheba
and Dedan
and the merchants
of Tarshish
with all
its villages
will ask
you,
“Have you
come
to capture
spoil?
Have you assembled
your hordes
to carry off plunder,
to make off
with silver
and gold,
to take
cattle
and goods,
to seize
great
spoil?'"
Therefore
prophesy,
son
of man,
and tell
Gog
that this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘On that
day
when My people
Israel
are dwelling
securely,
will you not
take notice of this?
And you will come
from your place
out of the far
north—
you
and many
peoples
with you,
all
riding
horses—
a mighty
horde,
a huge
army.
You will advance
against
My people
Israel
like a cloud
covering
the land.
It will happen
in the last
days,
O Gog,
that I will bring you
against
My land,
so that
the nations
may know
Me
when I show Myself holy
in you
before their eyes.'
This is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘Are you
the one
of whom
I have spoken
in former
days
through
My servants,
the prophets
of Israel,
who for years
prophesied
in those
times
that I would bring
you
against them?
Now
on that
day,
the day
when Gog
comes
against
the land
of Israel,
declares
the Lord
GOD,
My wrath
will flare up.
In My zeal
and fiery
rage
I proclaim
that on that
day
there will be
a great
earthquake
in
the land
of Israel.
The fish
of the sea,
the birds
of the air,
the beasts
of the field,
every
creature
that crawls
upon
the ground,
and all
mankind
on
the face
of the earth
will tremble
at My presence.
The mountains
will be thrown down,
the cliffs
will collapse,
and every
wall
will fall
to the ground.
And I will summon
a sword
against Gog
on all
My mountains,
declares
the Lord
GOD,
and every man’s
sword
will be
against his brother.
I will execute judgment
upon him
with plague
and bloodshed.
I will pour out
torrents
of rain,
hailstones,
fire,
and brimstone
on him
and on
his troops
and on
the many
nations
with him.
I will magnify
and sanctify Myself,
and will reveal Myself
in the sight
of many
nations.
Then they will know
that
I
am the LORD.’