CHAPTER 39
As for you,
O son
of man,
prophesy
against
Gog
and tell him
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,
drive you along,
bring you up
from the far
north,
and send you
against
the mountains
of Israel.
On
the mountains
of Israel
you will fall—
you
and all
your troops
and the nations
with you.
I will give
you as food
to every kind
of ravenous bird
and wild
beast.
I will send
fire
against Magog
and those who dwell
securely
in the coastlands,
and they will know
that
I
am the LORD.
So
I will make My holy
name
known
among
My people
Israel
and will no
longer
allow it
to be profaned.
Then the nations
will know
that
I
am the LORD,
the Holy
One in Israel.
Yes,
it is coming,
and it will surely happen,
declares
the Lord
GOD.
This
is the day
of which
I have spoken.
Then those who dwell
in the cities
of Israel
will go out,
kindle fires,
and burn
the weapons—
the bucklers
and shields,
the bows
and arrows,
the clubs
and spears.
For seven
years
they will use them for fuel.
They will not
gather
wood
from
the countryside
or cut it
from
the forests,
for
they will use the weapons
for fuel.
They will loot
those who looted them
and plunder
those who plundered them,
declares
the Lord
GOD.
And
on that
day
I will give
Gog
a burial
place
in Israel,
the Valley
of the Travelers,
east
of the Sea.
It
will block
those who travel through,
because Gog
and all
his hordes
will be buried
there.
So it will be called
the Valley of Hamon-gog.
All
the people
of the land
will bury them
and will be
renowned
for it
on the day
I display My glory,
declares
the Lord
GOD.
And men
will be employed
to continually
pass
through the land
to cleanse it
by burying
the invaders
who remain
on
the ground.
At the end
of the seven
months
they will begin their search.
As they
pass
through the land,
anyone who sees
a human
bone
will set up
a pillar
next to it,
until
the gravediggers
have buried
it in
the Valley of Hamon-gog.
And as for you,
son
of man,
this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
‘Call out to
every kind
of bird
and to every
beast
of the field:
Assemble
and come
together
from all around
to
the sacrificial feast
that
I
am preparing for you,
a great
feast on
the mountains
of Israel.
There you will eat
flesh
and drink
blood.
You will eat
the flesh
of the mighty
and drink
the blood
of the princes
of the earth
[as though they were rams,
lambs,
goats,
and bulls—
all
the fattened animals
of Bashan.
At the sacrifice
I am preparing,
you will eat
fat
until you are gorged
and drink
blood
until you are drunk.
And at
My table
you will eat your fill
of horses
and riders,
of mighty men
and warriors
of every kind,
declares
the Lord
GOD.’
‘I will display
My glory
among the nations,
and all
the nations
will see
the judgment
that
I execute
and the hand
that
I lay
upon them.
And the nations
will know
that
the house
of Israel
went into exile
for their iniquity,
because
they were unfaithful
to Me.
So I hid
My face
from them
and gave them
into the hand
of their enemies,
so that they all
fell
by the sword.
I dealt
with them
according to their uncleanness
and transgressions,
and I hid
My face
from them.
Therefore
this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
Now
I will restore
Jacob
from captivity
and will have compassion
on the whole
house
of Israel,
and I will be jealous
for My holy
name.
They will forget
their disgrace
and all
the treachery
they committed against Me,
when they dwell
securely
in
their land,
with no
one to frighten them.
When I bring them back
from
the peoples
and gather
them
out of the lands
of their enemies,
I will show My holiness
in them
in the sight
of many
nations.
Then they will know
that
I
am the LORD
their God,
when I regather
them to
their own land,
after exiling
them among
the nations,
not leaving
any
of them
behind.
And I will no
longer
hide
My face
from them,
for
I will pour out
My Spirit
on
the house
of Israel,’
declares
the Lord
GOD.”