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1 “You,
son of man,
prophesy against
Gog, and say, ‘The
Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against
you, Gog, prince
of Rosh, Meshech,
and Tubal.
2 I
will turn you
around, will lead
you on, and
will cause you
to come up
from the uttermost
parts of the
north; and I
will bring you
onto the mountains
of Israel.
3 I
will strike your
bow out of
your left hand,
and will cause
your arrows to
fall out of
your right hand.
4 You
will fall on
the mountains of
Israel, you, and
all your hordes,
and the peoples
who are with
you. I will
give you to
the ravenous birds
of every sort
and to the
animals of the
field to
be devoured.
5 You
will fall on
the open field,
for I have
spoken it,” says
the Lord GOD.
6 “I
will send a fire
on Magog and
on those who
dwell securely in
the islands. Then
they will know
that I am
the LORD.
7 “ ‘ “I
will make my
holy name known
among my people
Israel. I won’t allow
my holy name
to be profaned
any more. Then
the nations will
know that I
am the LORD,
the Holy One
in Israel.
8 Behold,
it comes, and
it will be
done,” says the
Lord GOD. “This
is the day
about which I
have spoken.
9 “ ‘ “Those
who dwell in
the cities of
Israel will go
out and will
make fires of
the weapons and
burn them, both
the shields and
the bucklers, the
bows and the
arrows, and the
war clubs and
the spears, and
they will make
fires with them
for seven years;
10 so
that they will
take no wood
out of the
field, and not
cut down any
out of the
forests; for they
will make fires
with the weapons.
They will plunder
those who
plundered them,
and rob those who
robbed them,” says
the Lord GOD.
11 “ ‘ “It
will happen in
that day, that
I will give
to Gog a
place for burial
in Israel, the
valley of those
who pass through
on the east
of the sea;
and it will
stop those who
pass through. They
will bury Gog
and all his
multitude there,
and they will
call it ‘The
valley of Hamon
Gog’.
12 “ ‘ “The
house of Israel
will be burying
them for seven
months, that they
may cleanse
the land.
13 Yes, all
the people of
the land will bury
them; and they
will become famous
in the day
that I will
be glorified,”
says the Lord
GOD.
14 “ ‘ “They
will set apart men
of continual
employment who will
pass through the
land. Those who
pass through will
go with those who
bury those who
remain on the
surface of the
land, to cleanse
it. After the
end of seven
months they will
search.
15 Those who
search through
the land will pass
through; and when
anyone sees a
man’s bone, then
he will set
up a sign
by it, until
the undertakers have
buried it in
the valley of Hamon
Gog.
16 Hamonah
will also be
the name of
a city. Thus they
will cleanse
the land.” ’
17 “You,
son of man,
the Lord GOD
says: ‘Speak to
the birds of
every sort, and
to every animal
of the field, “Assemble
yourselves, and
come; gather
yourselves on
every side to
my sacrifice that
I sacrifice for
you, even a
great sacrifice on
the mountains of
Israel, that you
may eat meat and
drink blood.
18 You
shall eat the
flesh of the
mighty, and drink
the blood of
the princes of
the earth, of rams,
of lambs, and
of goats, of
bulls, all of them
fatlings of Bashan.
19 You
shall eat fat
until you are
full, and drink
blood until you
are drunk, of
my sacrifice
which I have sacrificed
for you.
20 You
shall be filled
at my table
with horses and
charioteers, with
mighty men, and
with all men
of war,” says
the Lord GOD.’
21 “I
will set my
glory among the
nations. Then all
the nations will
see my judgment
that I have
executed, and my
hand that I
have laid on
them.
22 So
the house of
Israel will know
that I am
the LORD their
God, from that
day and forward.
23 The
nations will know
that the house
of Israel went
into captivity for
their iniquity,
because they
trespassed against
me, and I
hid my face
from them; so
I gave them
into the hand
of their
adversaries, and
they all fell
by the sword.
24 I
did to
them according to
their uncleanness
and according to
their transgressions.
I hid my
face from them.
25 “Therefore
the Lord GOD
says: ‘Now I
will reverse the
captivity of Jacob
and have mercy
on the whole
house of Israel.
I will be
jealous for my
holy name.
26 They
will forget their
shame and all
their trespasses
by which they
have trespassed
against me, when
they dwell securely
in their land. No
one will make
them afraid
27 when
I have brought
them back from
the peoples,
gathered them out
of their enemies’ lands,
and am shown holy
among them in
the sight of
many nations.
28 They
will know that
I am the
LORD their God,
in that I caused
them to go
into captivity
among the nations,
and have gathered
them to their own
land. Then I will
leave none of
them captive any
more.
29 I won’t
hide my face
from them any
more, for I
have poured out
my Spirit on
the house of
Israel,’ says the
Lord GOD.”