Ezekiel 38:1-6
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.
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.
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