Ezekiel 38
Legacy Standard Bible
Prophecy Against Gog
38 And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 2 “Son of man, set your face toward (A)Gog of the land of (B)Magog, the [a](C)chief prince of (D)Meshech and (E)Tubal, and prophesy against him 3 and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, [b]chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. 4 I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will (F)bring you out, and all your military force, (G)horses and horsemen, all of them [c]magnificently dressed, a great assembly with large shield and shield, all of them [d]wielding swords; 5 (H)Persia, [e](I)Ethiopia, and (J)Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet; 6 (K)Gomer with all its troops; (L)Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops—many peoples with you.
7 “(M)Be prepared, and prepare yourself, you and all your assembly that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them. 8 (N)After many days you will be mustered; in the last years you will come into the land that is [f]restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been (O)gathered from many peoples to the (P)mountains of Israel which had been a continual waste; but [g]its people were brought out from the peoples, and they are (Q)living securely, all of them. 9 And you will go up; you will come (R)like a storm; you will be like a (S)cloud covering the land, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.”
10 ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “It will be in that day, that [h]thoughts will come into your heart, and you will (T)devise an evil plan, 11 and you will say, ‘I will go up against the land of [i](U)unwalled villages. I will go against those who (V)dwell quietly, that live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates, 12 to (W)capture spoil and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places, which are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and property, who live at the [j]center of the world.’ 13 (X)Sheba and (Y)Dedan and the merchants of (Z)Tarshish with all its [k]young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to capture spoil? Have you assembled your assembly to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to capture great (AA)spoil?’”’
14 “Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “On that day when My people Israel are (AB)living securely, will you not know it? 15 (AC)You will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, you and numerous peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great assembly and a numerous military force; 16 and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It will be in the last days that I will bring you against My land so that the nations may (AD)know Me when I (AE)prove Myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog.”
17 ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days by the hand of My slaves the prophets of Israel, who (AF)prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them? 18 And it will be in that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” declares Lord Yahweh, “that My wrath will mount up in My (AG)anger. 19 In My (AH)zeal and in My blazing fury I have spoken that on that day there will surely be a great [l](AI)earthquake in the land of Israel. 20 (AJ)And the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the men who are on the face of the earth will quake at My presence; the (AK)mountains also will be pulled down, the steep pathways will fall, and every wall will fall to the earth. 21 And I will call for a (AL)sword against [m]him on all My mountains,” declares Lord Yahweh. “(AM)Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 With pestilence and with blood I will enter into (AN)judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the numerous peoples who are with him, [n]a torrential rain, with (AO)hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 And I will magnify Myself, I will manifest Myself as holy, and I will (AP)make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am Yahweh.”’
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 38:2 Or prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal
- Ezekiel 38:3 Or prince of Rosh, Mesech, and Tubal
- Ezekiel 38:4 Or clothed in full armor
- Ezekiel 38:4 Lit seizing
- Ezekiel 38:5 Or Cush, cf. Gen 10:6
- Ezekiel 38:8 Lit returned
- Ezekiel 38:8 Lit it was
- Ezekiel 38:10 Lit words
- Ezekiel 38:11 Or open country
- Ezekiel 38:12 Lit navel
- Ezekiel 38:13 Or villages
- Ezekiel 38:19 Or shaking
- Ezekiel 38:21 Gog
- Ezekiel 38:22 Lit an overflowing
Ezekiel 38
Evangelical Heritage Version
In the Latter Days, Gog Will Attack Israel but
Will Be Defeated by the Lord
38 The word of the Lord came to me.
2 Son of man, set your face against Gog from the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh,[a] Meshek, and Tubal, and prophesy against him 3 and say this.
This is what the Lord God says. I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshek, and Tubal.[b] 4 I will turn you around. I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will bring you out with your entire army, horses and horsemen, all of them magnificently arrayed, a vast horde[c] armed with body shields and hand shields, all of them wielding swords. 5 Persia, Cush, and Libya[d] are with them, all of them with hand shields and helmets, 6 also Gomer and all its troops, Beth Togarmah from the remotest regions of the north and all its troops—many peoples will be with you. 7 Ready yourself. Prepare yourself, you and your whole horde that is gathered around you, and keep watch over them. 8 After many days you will be summoned to come together. In the latter years you will invade a land that was restored from the ravages of the sword, whose population had been gathered from among many peoples, back to the mountains of Israel, which had been lying in ruins for a long time. Its population had been brought out from among the peoples, and all of them were now living securely. 9 You will come up like a devastating storm. You will come up like a cloud to cover the land, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.
10 This is what the Lord God says. On that day plans will come into your mind, and you will plot an evil scheme. 11 You will say, “I will go up against a land of unwalled villages. I will attack the peaceful people who live in security, all of them living without walls, with neither bars nor gates. 12 I will attack in order to seize spoils and carry off plunder, to assault resettled ruins and to attack people returned from the nations, people who are acquiring livestock and other property, people who live at the center[e] of the earth.”
13 Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all its leaders[f] will say to you, “Have you come to seize spoils? Have you gathered your horde to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and other property, to seize a large amount of spoils?”
14 Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say this to Gog. This is what the Lord God says. On that day, when my people Israel are dwelling securely, you will be aware of that, won’t you? 15 So you will come from your place, from the remotest regions of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army. 16 You will come up against my people Israel like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days this will happen. I will bring you against my land so that the nations will know me when I use you to reveal myself as holy in front of their eyes, O Gog.
17 This is what the Lord God says. Are you the one I spoke about in earlier days through my servants, the prophets of Israel? In those days didn’t they prophesy for many years that I would bring you against Israel? 18 On that day when Gog comes against the land of Israel, says the Lord God, my wrath will be evident on my face. 19 In my zeal and the fire of my fury, I have spoken. I swear that there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel on that day. 20 All of these will quake in my presence: the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the animals in the open country, every creeping thing that creeps on the ground, and every human being on the face of the earth. The mountains will be overthrown. The hillside terraces will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground. 21 I will summon against Gog a sword upon all my mountains, declares the Lord God. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 I will judge him with plague and with bloodshed. I will rain down torrential rain, hailstones, and burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many peoples who are with him. 23 In this way I will show myself to be great, and I will show myself to be holy, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 38:2 Or the chief prince
- Ezekiel 38:3 Places far to the north, in present-day Ukraine and Russia
- Ezekiel 38:4 The biblical accounts regularly use the Hebrew term hamon to refer to hostile, heathen armies. This term refers to a noisy, disorderly crowd. In reference to a barbarian army, horde is an appropriate rendering.
- Ezekiel 38:5 Hebrew Paras, Cush, and Put. These are the most distant places Israel was familiar with in North Africa and Asia.
- Ezekiel 38:12 Literally navel
- Ezekiel 38:13 Literally young lions
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