1A message from the LORD came to me. The LORD said,2‘Son of man, turn your attention to Gog. He is from the land of Magog. He is the chief prince of Meshek and Tubal. Prophesy against him.3Tell him, “The LORD and King says, ‘Gog, I am against you. You are the chief prince of Meshek and Tubal.4But I will turn you round. I will put hooks in your jaws. I will bring you out of your land along with your whole army. Your horses will come with you. Your horsemen will be completely armed. Your huge army will carry large and small shields. All of them will be ready to use their swords.5The men of Persia, Cush and Put will march out with them. All of them will have shields and helmets.6Gomer and all its troops will be there too. Beth Togarmah from the far north will also come with all its troops. Many nations will help you.7‘ “ ‘Get ready. Be prepared. Take command of the huge armies gathered around you.8After many years you will be called together to fight. Later, you will march into a land that has not had war for a while. Its people were gathered together from many nations. They came to the mountains of Israel. No one had lived in those mountains for a long time. So the people had been brought back from other nations. Now all the people live in safety.9You, all your troops and the many nations with you will march up to attack them. All of you will advance like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering their land.’10‘ “The LORD and King says, ‘At that time some ideas will come to you. You will make evil plans.11You will say, “I will march out against a land whose villages don’t have walls around them. I’ll attack those peaceful people. I’ll do this when they aren’t expecting it. None of their villages has walls or gates with metal bars on them.12I will rob those people. I’ll steal everything they have. Then I’ll turn my attention to the destroyed houses where people are living again. They have returned there from other nations. Now they are rich. They have plenty of livestock and all kinds of goods. They are living in Israel. It is the centre of the earth.”13The people of Sheba and Dedan will speak to you. So will the traders of Tarshish and all its villages. They will say, “Have you come to rob us? Have you gathered your huge army together to steal our silver and gold? Are you going to take away from us our livestock and goods? Do you plan to carry off everything we have?” ’ ”14‘Son of man, prophesy. Tell Gog, “The LORD and King says, ‘A time is coming when my people Israel will be living in safety. You will see that it is a good time to attack them.15So you will come from your place in the far north. Many nations will join you. All their men will be riding on horses. You will have a huge and mighty army.16They will advance against my people Israel. They will be like a cloud covering their land. Gog, in days to come I will bring you against my land. Then the nations will know me. I will use you to prove to them how holy I am.’17‘ “Here is what the LORD and King says to Gog. ‘In the past I spoke about you through my servants, the prophets of Israel. At that time they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them.18Here is what will happen in days to come. You will attack the land of Israel. That will stir up my burning anger,’ announces the LORD and King.19‘At that time my burning anger will blaze out at you. There will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.20The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky and the wild animals will tremble with fear. They will tremble with fear because of what I will do. So will every creature that moves along the ground. And so will all the people on earth. The mountains will come crashing down. The cliffs will break into pieces. Every wall will fall to the ground.21I will punish you on all my mountains,’ announces the LORD and King. ‘Your men will use their swords against one another.22I will judge you. I will send a plague against you. A lot of blood will be spilled. I will send heavy rain, hailstones and burning sulphur down to the earth. They will fall on you and your troops. They will also come down on the many nations that are helping you.23That will show how great and holy I am. I will make myself known to many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’ ”
Ezekiel 38
English Standard Version
Prophecy Against Gog
1The word of the Lord came to me:2“Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech[1] and Tubal, and prophesy against him (Ge 10:2; Eze 2:1; Eze 6:2; Eze 27:13; Eze 38:4; Eze 38:9; Eze 39:1; Eze 39:6; Eze 39:11; Re 20:8)3and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech[2] and Tubal. (Eze 13:8)4And I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords. (Eze 29:4; Eze 38:15; Eze 39:2)5Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; (Ge 10:8; Eze 27:10)6Gomer and all his hordes; Beth-togarmah from the uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes—many peoples are with you. (Ge 10:2; Ge 10:3; Eze 27:14; Eze 32:30; Eze 38:4; Eze 38:22; Eze 39:2)7“Be ready and keep ready, you and all your hosts that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them. (Isa 8:9)8After many days you will be mustered. In the latter years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the land whose people were gathered from many peoples upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and now dwell securely, all of them. (Isa 24:22; Eze 6:2; Eze 11:17; Eze 34:25; Eze 34:27; Eze 38:16)9You will advance, coming on like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your hordes, and many peoples with you. (Isa 28:2; Jer 4:13; Eze 38:6)10“Thus says the Lord God: On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme (Eze 11:5)11and say, ‘I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’ (Jer 49:31; Zec 2:4)12to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and the people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell at the center of the earth. (Eze 5:5; Eze 5:7; Eze 5:14; Eze 38:8)13Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its leaders[3] will say to you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?’ (Ps 17:12; Eze 25:13; Eze 27:15; Eze 27:22; Eze 32:2)14“Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not know it? (Eze 2:1; Eze 38:2; Eze 38:8; Eze 38:11)15You will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army. (Eze 23:6; Eze 38:6; Eze 38:9; Eze 38:22; Eze 39:2)16You will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. (Eze 20:41; Eze 38:8; Eze 38:9; Eze 38:23; Eze 39:13)17“Thus says the Lord God: Are you he of whom I spoke in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who in those days prophesied for years that I would bring you against them? (Jer 6:22)18But on that day, the day that Gog shall come against the land of Israel, declares the Lord God, my wrath will be roused in my anger. (Ps 18:8)19For in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. (Eze 5:13; Hag 2:6; Re 16:18)20The fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the people who are on the face of the earth, shall quake at my presence. And the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground. (Ps 114:7; Jer 4:24; Ho 4:3)21I will summon a sword against Gog[4] on all my mountains, declares the Lord God. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. (Jud 7:22; Jer 25:29)22With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur. (Ps 11:6; Eze 13:11; Eze 13:13; Eze 17:20; Eze 38:6; Eze 38:9; Eze 39:6; Re 20:9)23So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord. (Eze 6:7; Eze 36:23; Eze 37:28; Eze 38:16)