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1 The
LORD’s word came
to me, saying,
2 “Son
of man, set
your face toward
Gog, of the
land of Magog,
the prince of Rosh,
Meshech, and Tubal,
and prophesy
against him,
3 and say, ‘The
Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am
against you, Gog,
prince of Rosh,
Meshech, and Tubal.
4 I
will turn you
around, and put
hooks into your
jaws, and I
will bring you
out, with all
your army, horses
and horsemen, all
of them clothed
in full armor,
a great company
with buckler and
shield, all of
them handling
swords;
5 Persia,
Cush, and Put
with them, all
of them with
shield and helmet;
6 Gomer,
and all his hordes;
the house of
Togarmah in
the uttermost parts
of the north,
and all
his hordes—even many
peoples with you.
7 “ ‘ “Be
prepared, yes, prepare
yourself, you, and
all your companies
who are assembled
to you, and
be a guard
to them.
8 After
many days you
will be visited.
In the latter
years you will
come into the land
that is brought
back from the
sword, that is
gathered out of
many peoples, on
the mountains of
Israel, which have
been a continual
waste; but it
is brought out
of the peoples
and they will
dwell securely, all
of them.
9 You
will ascend. You
will come like
a storm. You
will be like
a cloud to
cover the land,
you and all
your hordes, and
many peoples with
you.”
10 “ ‘The
Lord GOD says: “It
will happen in
that day that
things will come
into your mind,
and you will
devise an evil
plan.
11 You
will say, ‘I will
go up to
the land of
unwalled villages.
I will go
to those who
are at rest,
who dwell securely,
all of them
dwelling without
walls, and having neither
bars nor gates,
12 to
take the plunder
and to take
prey; to turn
your hand against
the waste places
that are inhabited,
and against the
people who are
gathered out of
the nations, who
have gotten
livestock and
goods, who dwell
in the middle
of the earth.’
13 Sheba,
Dedan, and the
merchants of
Tarshish, with all
its young lions,
will ask you, ‘Have
you come to take
the plunder? Have
you assembled your
company to take
the prey, to
carry away silver
and gold, to
take away
livestock and
goods, to take
great plunder?’ ” ’
14 “Therefore,
son of man,
prophesy, and tell
Gog, ‘The Lord
GOD says: “In
that day when
my people Israel
dwells securely, will
you not know
it?
15 You
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 company
and a mighty
army.
16 You
will come up
against my people
Israel as a
cloud to cover
the land. It will
happen in
the latter days
that I will
bring you against
my land, that the
nations may know
me when I
am sanctified in
you, Gog, before
their eyes.”
17 “ ‘The
Lord GOD says: “Are
you he of
whom I spoke
in old time
by my servants
the prophets of
Israel, who
prophesied in
those days for
years that I
would bring you
against them?
18 It
will happen in
that day, when
Gog comes against
the land of
Israel,” says the
Lord GOD, “that
my wrath will
come up into
my nostrils.
19 For
in my jealousy
and in the fire
of my wrath
I have spoken.
Surely in that
day there will
be a great
shaking in the land
of Israel,
20 so
that the fish
of the sea,
the birds of
the sky, the
animals of the
field, all
creeping things
who creep on
the earth, and
all the men
who are on
the surface of
the earth will
shake at my
presence. Then the
mountains will be
thrown down, the
steep places will
fall, and every
wall will fall
to the ground.
21 I
will call for
a sword against
him to all
my mountains,”
says the Lord
GOD. “Every man’s
sword will be
against his brother.
22 I
will enter into
judgment with him
with pestilence
and with blood.
I will rain
on him, on
his hordes, and on
the many peoples
who are with
him, torrential
rains with
great hailstones, fire, and
sulfur.
23 I
will magnify
myself and
sanctify myself,
and I will
make myself known
in the eyes
of many nations.
Then they will
know that I
am the LORD.” ’