(A)After many days you will be mustered. (B)In the latter years you will go against (C)the land that is restored from war, the land whose people (D)were gathered from many peoples upon (E)the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and (F)now dwell securely, all of them.

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After many days(A) you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations(B) to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety.(C)

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16 You will come up against my people Israel, (A)like a cloud covering the land. (B)In the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, (C)I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

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16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud(A) that covers the land.(B) In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy(C) through you before their eyes.(D)

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22 (A)They will be gathered together
    as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
    and after many days (B)they will be punished.

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22 They will be herded together
    like prisoners(A) bound in a dungeon;(B)
they will be shut up in prison
    and be punished[a] after many days.(C)

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  1. Isaiah 24:22 Or released

11 and say, ‘I will go up against (A)the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon (B)the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’ 12 to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against (C)the waste places that are now inhabited, and (D)the people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, (E)who dwell at the center of the earth.

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11 You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people(A)—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars.(B) 12 I will plunder and loot and turn my hand against the resettled ruins and the people gathered from the nations, rich in livestock and goods, living at the center of the land.[a]

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  1. Ezekiel 38:12 The Hebrew for this phrase means the navel of the earth.

Prophecy to the Mountains of Israel

36 “And you, (A)son of man, prophesy to (B)the mountains of Israel, and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God: Because (C)the enemy said of you, (D)‘Aha!’ and, ‘The ancient (E)heights have become our possession,’ therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Precisely because (F)they made you desolate and crushed you from all sides, so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations, and (G)you became the talk and evil gossip of the people, therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to (H)the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, (I)the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become (J)a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around, therefore thus says the Lord God: Surely I have spoken in (K)my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and (L)against all Edom, who (M)gave my land to themselves as a possession (N)with wholehearted joy and (O)utter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey. Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to (P)the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord God: (Q)Behold, I have spoken in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered (R)the reproach of the nations. Therefore thus says the Lord God: (S)I swear that the nations that are all around you (T)shall themselves suffer reproach.

“But you, O mountains of Israel, (U)shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for (V)they will soon come home.

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Hope for the Mountains of Israel

36 “Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel(A) and say, ‘Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says:(B) The enemy said of you, “Aha!(C) The ancient heights(D) have become our possession.(E)”’ Therefore prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because they ravaged(F) and crushed you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people’s malicious talk and slander,(G) therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord: This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys,(H) to the desolate ruins(I) and the deserted(J) towns that have been plundered and ridiculed(K) by the rest of the nations around you(L) this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my burning(M) zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.’(N) Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations.(O) Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I swear with uplifted hand(P) that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.(Q)

“‘But you, mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit(R) for my people Israel, for they will soon come home.

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13 And I will bring them out from the peoples (A)and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on (B)the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

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13 I will bring them out from the nations and gather(A) them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land.(B) I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.(C)

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In his days Judah will be saved, and (A)Israel will (B)dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: (C)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

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In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.(A)
This is the name(B) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.(C)

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But you are (A)a chosen race, (B)a royal (C)priesthood, (D)a holy nation, (E)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you (F)out of darkness into (G)his marvelous light.

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But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E)

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For still (A)the vision awaits its appointed time;
    it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, (B)wait for it;
    (C)it will surely come; it will not delay.

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For the revelation awaits an appointed time;(A)
    it speaks of the end(B)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait(C) for it;
    it[a] will certainly come
    and will not delay.(D)

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  1. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he

14 (A)I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
    and (B)they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
(C)they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
    and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 (D)I will plant them on their land,
    (E)and they shall never again be uprooted
    out of the land (F)that I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.

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14     and I will bring(A) my people Israel back from exile.[a](B)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities(C) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards(D) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.(E)
15 I will plant(F) Israel in their own land,(G)
    never again to be uprooted(H)
    from the land I have given them,”(I)

says the Lord your God.(J)

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  1. Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel

And I said to her, “You must (A)dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.” For the children of Israel (B)shall dwell many days (C)without king or prince, (D)without sacrifice or (E)pillar, without (F)ephod or (G)household gods. Afterward (H)the children of Israel shall return and (I)seek the Lord their God, and (J)David their king, (K)and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the (L)latter days.

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Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”

For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince,(A) without sacrifice(B) or sacred stones,(C) without ephod(D) or household gods.(E) Afterward the Israelites will return and seek(F) the Lord their God and David their king.(G) They will come trembling(H) to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.(I)

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27 (A)when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies' lands, (B)and through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations. 28 (C)Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations anymore. 29 (D)And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when (E)I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord God.”

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27 When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of many nations.(A) 28 Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them(B) to their own land, not leaving any behind.(C) 29 I will no longer hide my face(D) from them, for I will pour out my Spirit(E) on the people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.(F)

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21 then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, (A)I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and (B)bring them to their own land. 22 And (C)I will make them one nation in the land, on (D)the mountains of Israel. And (E)one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer (F)two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms. 23 (G)They shall not (H)defile themselves anymore (I)with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But (J)I will save them from all the backslidings[a] in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and (K)they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

24 “My servant (L)David (M)shall be king over them, and they shall all have (N)one shepherd. (O)They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25 (P)They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there (Q)forever, and David my servant shall be their prince (R)forever. 26 (S)I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be (T)an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land[b] and (U)multiply them, and will (V)set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 (W)My dwelling place shall be with them, (X)and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 Then (Y)the nations will know that (Z)I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when (AA)my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”

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  1. Ezekiel 37:23 Many Hebrew manuscripts; other Hebrew manuscripts dwellings
  2. Ezekiel 37:26 Hebrew lacks in their land

21 and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.(A) 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel.(B) There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.(C) 23 They will no longer defile(D) themselves with their idols and vile images or with any of their offenses, for I will save them from all their sinful backsliding,[a](E) and I will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.(F)

24 “‘My servant David(G) will be king(H) over them, and they will all have one shepherd.(I) They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.(J) 25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.(K) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,(L) and David my servant will be their prince forever.(M) 26 I will make a covenant of peace(N) with them; it will be an everlasting covenant.(O) I will establish them and increase their numbers,(P) and I will put my sanctuary among them(Q) forever.(R) 27 My dwelling place(S) will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.(T) 28 Then the nations will know that I the Lord make Israel holy,(U) when my sanctuary is among them forever.(V)’”

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  1. Ezekiel 37:23 Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts all their dwelling places where they sinned