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,(A) will you not take notice of it? 15 You will come from your place in the far north,(B) you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army.(C) 16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud(D) that covers the land.(E) In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy(F) through you before their eyes.(G)

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14 “Therefore prophesy, son of man,[a] and you must say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Will you not realize[b] on that day when my people Israel are dwelling in safety,[c] 15 and so you will come from your place, from the remote areas of the north, you and many people with you, horsemen[d] all of them, a great crowd and a vast army, 16 and you will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering[e] the land; it will be[f] 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!”’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 38:14 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  2. Ezekiel 38:14 LXX reads, “stir up/rouse yourself”
  3. Ezekiel 38:14 Literally “with confidence/trust”
  4. Ezekiel 38:15 Literally “riders of horsemen”
  5. Ezekiel 38:16 Literally “to cover”
  6. Ezekiel 38:16 Or “occur”