Ezekiel 37:21-38:12

New King James Version

²¹ “Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Surely ^(A)I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; ²² and ^(B)I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and ^(C)one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again. ^23 (D)They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but ^(E)I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

^24 (F)“David My servant shall be king over them, and ^(G)they shall all have one shepherd; ^(H)they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. ^25 (I)Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, ^(J)forever; and ^(K)My servant David shall be their prince forever. ²⁶ Moreover I will ^[a]make ^(L)a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and ^(M)multiply them, and I will set My ^(N)sanctuary in their midst forevermore. ^27 (O)My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be ^(P)their God, and they shall be My people. ^28 (Q)The nations also will know that I, the Lord, ^(R)sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.” ’ ”

Gog and Allies Attack Israel

38 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ^2 (S)“Son of man, ^(T)set your face against ^(U)Gog, of the land of ^(V)Magog, ^[b]the prince of Rosh, ^(W)Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, ³ and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. ^4 (X)I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and ^(Y)lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, ^(Z)all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords. ⁵ Persia, ^[c]Ethiopia, and ^[d]Libya are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; ^6 (AA)Gomer and all its troops; the house of ^(AB)Togarmah from the far north and all its troops—many people are with you.

^7 (AC)“Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered about you; and be a guard for them. ^8 (AD)After many days ^(AE)you will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword ^(AF)and gathered from many people on ^(AG)the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them ^(AH)dwell safely. ⁹ You will ascend, coming ^(AI)like a storm, covering the ^(AJ)land like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.”

¹⁰ ‘Thus says the Lord God: “On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan: ¹¹ You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of ^(AK)unwalled villages; I will ^(AL)go to a peaceful people, ^(AM)who dwell ^[e]safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates’— ¹² to take plunder and to take booty, to stretch out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited, ^(AN)and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land.