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Ezekiel 38
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God’s Message to Gog

38 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying,[b] 2 “Son of man,[c] set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the head[d] leader of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. 3 And you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am against you, Gog, the head[e] leader of Meshach and Tubal, 4 and I will turn you around, and I will place[f] hooks in your cheeks, and I will bring you out and all of your horses and horsemen fully armed,[g] all of them, a great crowd, holding a shield,[h] and small shield, and holding[i] swords, all of them. 5 Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them, with a small shield and helmet. 6 Gomer and all of its troops, Beth Togarmah, the remote areas of the north, and with all of its troops and many peoples with them. 7 Be ready, and prepare yourselves,[j] you and all of your assembly,[k] the assembling[l] around you, and you must be[m] for them as a guard. 8 After many days you will be mustered; in the last years[n] you will come to a restored land from the sword, gathered from many peoples on the mountains of Israel which were as permanent ruins[o] but from peoples it was brought out, and they will dwell in safety,[p] all of them. 9 And you will advance like a storm; you will come, and you will be like a cloud covering[q] the land, and all of your troops and many nations along with you.”

10 “‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “And then[r] on that day, things[s] will come up on[t] your mind, and you will devise evil plans. 11 And you will say, ‘I will go up against a land of open country; I will come[u] to the people being at rest in safety,[v] all of them dwelling without a wall[w] and crossbars[x] and without doors,[y] 12 to[z] loot loot,[aa] and to plunder[ab] plunder, to assail[ac] inhabited ruins and a people gathered together from various peoples and who are acquiring livestock and goods and dwelling at the center of the world. 13 Sheba and Dedan and traders of Tarshish and all its strong lions,[ad] they will ask you, ‘To[ae] loot loot[af] are you coming? To plunder[ag] plunder have you summoned your assembly, to take away silver and gold, to take livestock and goods, to loot great amounts[ah] of loot?”’

14 “Therefore prophesy, son of man,[ai] and you must say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Will you not realize[aj] on that day when my people Israel are dwelling in safety,[ak] 15 and so you will come from your place, from the remote areas of the north, you and many people with you, horsemen[al] all of them, a great crowd and a vast army, 16 and you will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering[am] the land; it will be[an] in the last days, and I will bring you against my land, so that the nations know me, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog!”’

17 “Thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘Are you he of whom I spoke in former days by the hand of my servants the prophets of Israel who were prophesying in those days for years that I would bring you against them? 18 And so then in that day, on the day of the coming of God against the land of Israel,’ declares[ao] the Lord Yahweh, ‘my rage will come up in my anger. 19 And in my passion, in the fire of my wrath, I spoke[ap] that certainly[aq] on that day a great earthquake will be on the land of Israel. 20 And the fish of the sea and the birds[ar] of the heaven[as] and the animals[at] of the field and all of the creeping things that creep on the earth and all of the humans[au] who are on the surface of the earth will shake at my presence;[av] and the mountains will be demolished, and the steep mountain sides will fall, and every wall on[aw] the earth will fall. 21 And I will call against him[ax] in all of my mountains a sword,’ declares[ay] the Lord Yahweh, ‘And the sword of each person will be against his brother. 22 And I will execute justice with[az] him with a plague and with blood and torrents of rain,[ba] and hailstones; fire and sulfur I will cause to fall on him and on his troops and on many peoples who are with him. 23 And so I will exalt myself, and I will show myself holy, and I will make myself known before the eyes of many nations, and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 38:1 Literally “was”
  2. Ezekiel 38:1 Literally “to say”
  3. Ezekiel 38:2 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  4. Ezekiel 38:2 Or “chief”
  5. Ezekiel 38:3 Or “chief”
  6. Ezekiel 38:4 Or “give”
  7. Ezekiel 38:4 Literally “clothed of fullness”
  8. Ezekiel 38:4 Or “buckler”
  9. Ezekiel 38:4 Or “wielding”
  10. Ezekiel 38:7 Literally “for you”
  11. Ezekiel 38:7 Or “battalions” or “hoards”
  12. Ezekiel 38:7 Or “assemblies”
  13. Ezekiel 38:7 Or “serve”
  14. Ezekiel 38:8 Or “final years”; literally “in the last of the years”
  15. Ezekiel 38:8 Literally “ruins continually/permanently”
  16. Ezekiel 38:8 Literally “with confidence/assurance/trust”
  17. Ezekiel 38:9 Literally “to cover”
  18. Ezekiel 38:10 Literally “and it will be”
  19. Ezekiel 38:10 Or “thoughts”
  20. Ezekiel 38:10 Or “in”
  21. Ezekiel 38:11 Or “go”
  22. Ezekiel 38:11 Literally “with confidence”
  23. Ezekiel 38:11 Or “walls”
  24. Ezekiel 38:11 Hebrew “crossbar”
  25. Ezekiel 38:11 Literally “and doors there are not for them”
  26. Ezekiel 38:12 Or “for”
  27. Ezekiel 38:12 Or “war-booty”; this word is chosen because of the alliteration in Hebrew
  28. Ezekiel 38:12 Or “seize”; this word is chosen because of the alliteration in Hebrew
  29. Ezekiel 38:12 Literally “to bring back your hand against”; NJPS, “to turn your hand against”
  30. Ezekiel 38:13 Or “all of its violent leaders”
  31. Ezekiel 38:13 Or “for”
  32. Ezekiel 38:13 Or “war-booty” this word is chosen because of the alliteration in Hebrew
  33. Ezekiel 38:13 Or “seize”; this word is chosen because of the alliteration in Hebrew
  34. Ezekiel 38:13 Hebrew “amount”
  35. Ezekiel 38:14 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  36. Ezekiel 38:14 LXX reads, “stir up/rouse yourself”
  37. Ezekiel 38:14 Literally “with confidence/trust”
  38. Ezekiel 38:15 Literally “riders of horsemen”
  39. Ezekiel 38:16 Literally “to cover”
  40. Ezekiel 38:16 Or “occur”
  41. Ezekiel 38:18 Literally “declaration of”
  42. Ezekiel 38:19 Or “I asserted”
  43. Ezekiel 38:19 Literally “if not”
  44. Ezekiel 38:20 Hebrew “bird”
  45. Ezekiel 38:20 Or “sky”
  46. Ezekiel 38:20 Hebrew “animal”
  47. Ezekiel 38:20 Or “every human being”
  48. Ezekiel 38:20 Literally “from the face of me”
  49. Ezekiel 38:20 Or “to”
  50. Ezekiel 38:21 Or “summon against him” (cf. NJPS)
  51. Ezekiel 38:21 Literally “declaration of”
  52. Ezekiel 38:22 Or “with respect to him”
  53. Ezekiel 38:22 Literally “rain flooding/pouring down”
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Ezekiel 38
New International Version

The Lord’s Great Victory Over the Nations

38 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face against Gog,(A) of the land of Magog,(B) the chief prince of[a] Meshek and Tubal;(C) prophesy against him 3 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of[b] Meshek and Tubal.(D) 4 I will turn you around, put hooks(E) in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords.(F) 5 Persia, Cush[c](G) and Put(H) will be with them, all with shields and helmets, 6 also Gomer(I) with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah(J) from the far north(K) with all its troops—the many nations with you.

7 “‘Get ready; be prepared,(L) you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. 8 After many days(M) 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(N) 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.(O) 9 You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm;(P) you will be like a cloud(Q) covering the land.(R)

10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind(S) and you will devise an evil scheme.(T) 11 You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people(U)—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars.(V) 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.[d]” 13 Sheba(W) and Dedan(X) and the merchants of Tarshish(Y) and all her villages[e] will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?(Z)”’

14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In that day, when my people Israel are living in safety,(AA) will you not take notice of it? 15 You will come from your place in the far north,(AB) you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army.(AC) 16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud(AD) that covers the land.(AE) In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy(AF) through you before their eyes.(AG)

17 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You are the one I spoke of in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel. At that time they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them. 18 This is what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign Lord. 19 In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake(AH) in the land of Israel.(AI) 20 The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble(AJ) at my presence. The mountains will be overturned,(AK) the cliffs will crumble(AL) and every wall will fall to the ground.(AM) 21 I will summon a sword(AN) against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be against his brother.(AO) 22 I will execute judgment(AP) on him with plague and bloodshed;(AQ) I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones(AR) and burning sulfur(AS) on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.(AT) 23 And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.(AU)’

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 38:2 Or the prince of Rosh,
  2. Ezekiel 38:3 Or Gog, prince of Rosh,
  3. Ezekiel 38:5 That is, the upper Nile region
  4. Ezekiel 38:12 The Hebrew for this phrase means the navel of the earth.
  5. Ezekiel 38:13 Or her strong lions
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