Prophecy Against Gog

38 The word of the Lord came to me: ^2 (A)“Son of man, ^(B)set your face toward ^(C)Gog, of the land of ^(D)Magog, the ^(E)chief prince of ^(F)Meshech^[a] and ^(G)Tubal, and ^(H)prophesy against him ³ and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, ^(I)I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech^[b] and Tubal. ^4 (J)And I will turn you about and ^(K)put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and ^(L)all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords. ^5 (M)Persia, ^(N)Cush, and ^(O)Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; ^6 (P)Gomer and all his ^(Q)hordes; ^(R)Beth-togarmah from ^(S)the uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes—^(T)many peoples are with you.

^7 (U)“Be ready and keep ready, you and all your hosts that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them. ^8 (V)After many days you will be mustered. ^(W)In the latter years you will go against ^(X)the land that is restored from war, the land whose people ^(Y)were gathered from many peoples upon ^(Z)the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and ^(AA)now dwell securely, all of them. ⁹ You will advance, coming on ^(AB)like a storm. You will be ^(AC)like a cloud covering the land, you and all your ^(AD)hordes, and many peoples with you.

¹⁰ “Thus says the Lord God: On that day, ^(AE)thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme ¹¹ and say, ‘I will go up against ^(AF)the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon ^(AG)the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’ ¹² to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against ^(AH)the waste places that are now inhabited, and ^(AI)the people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, ^(AJ)who dwell at the center of the earth. ^13 (AK)Sheba and ^(AL)Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all ^(AM)its leaders^[c] will say to you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?’

¹⁴ “Therefore, ^(AN)son of man, prophesy, and say to ^(AO)Gog, Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are ^(AP)dwelling securely, ^(AQ)will you not know it? ¹⁵ You will come from your place out of ^(AR)the uttermost parts of the north, you and ^(AS)many peoples with you, ^(AT)all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army. ¹⁶ You will come up against my people Israel, ^(AU)like a cloud covering the land. ^(AV)In the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, ^(AW)I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

¹⁷ “Thus says the Lord God: Are you ^(AX)he of whom I spoke in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who in those days prophesied for years that I would bring you against them? ¹⁸ But on that day, the day that Gog shall come against the land of Israel, declares the Lord God, ^(AY)my wrath will be roused in my anger. ¹⁹ For ^(AZ)in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day ^(BA)there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. ^20 (BB)The fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the people who are on the face of the earth, ^(BC)shall quake at my presence. And ^(BD)the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground. ^21 (BE)I will summon a sword against Gog^[d] on all my mountains, declares the Lord God. ^(BF)Every man's sword will be against his brother. ²² With pestilence and bloodshed ^(BG)I will enter into judgment with him, and ^(BH)I will rain upon him and ^(BI)his hordes and the many peoples who are with him ^(BJ)torrential rains and hailstones, ^(BK)fire and sulfur. ²³ So I will show my greatness and my ^(BL)holiness and ^(BM)make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then ^(BN)they will know that I am the Lord.

39 “And you, ^(BO)son of man, ^(BP)prophesy against ^(BQ)Gog and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, ^(BR)I am against you, O Gog, ^(BS)chief prince of ^(BT)Meshech^[e] and ^(BU)Tubal. ^2 (BV)And I will turn you about and drive you forward,^[f] and bring you up from ^(BW)the uttermost parts of the north, and lead you against the ^(BX)mountains of Israel. ³ Then ^(BY)I will strike your bow from your left hand, and ^(BZ)will make your arrows drop out of your right hand. ^4 (CA)You shall fall on ^(CB)the mountains of Israel, you and all your ^(CC)hordes and the peoples who are with you. ^(CD)I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. ⁵ You shall fall in the open field, for ^(CE)I have spoken, declares the Lord God. ^6 (CF)I will send fire on ^(CG)Magog and on those ^(CH)who dwell securely in ^(CI)the coastlands, and ^(CJ)they shall know that I am the Lord.

⁷ “And ^(CK)my holy name I will make known in the midst of my people Israel, and ^(CL)I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. And ^(CM)the nations shall know that I am ^(CN)the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. ^8 (CO)Behold, it is coming and it will be brought about, declares the Lord God. That is the day ^(CP)of which I have spoken.

⁹ “Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and ^(CQ)make fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bow and arrows, ^(CR)clubs^[g] and spears; and they will make fires of them for seven years, ¹⁰ so that they will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for ^(CS)they will make their fires of the weapons. ^(CT)They will seize the spoil of those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord God.

¹¹ “On that day I will give to ^(CU)Gog a place for burial in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the sea. It will block the travelers, for there Gog and all his multitude will be buried. It will be called the Valley of ^(CV)Hamon-gog.^{[h] 12} For ^(CW)seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order ^(CX)to cleanse the land. ¹³ All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day that ^(CY)I show my glory, declares the Lord God. ¹⁴ They will set apart men to travel through the land regularly and bury those travelers remaining on the face of the land, so as ^(CZ)to cleanse it. At^[i] the end of ^(DA)seven months they will make their search. ¹⁵ And when these travel through the land and anyone sees a human bone, then he shall set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of ^(DB)Hamon-gog. ¹⁶ (Hamonah^[j] is also the name of the city.) Thus shall they cleanse the land.

¹⁷ “As for you, ^(DC)son of man, thus says the Lord God: ^(DD)Speak to ^(DE)the birds of every sort and to ^(DF)all beasts of the field: ‘Assemble and come, gather from all around to ^(DG)the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you shall eat flesh and drink blood. ^18 (DH)You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth—of rams, of lambs, and of he-goats, of bulls, all of them ^(DI)fat beasts of Bashan. ¹⁹ And you shall eat fat till you are filled, and drink blood till you are drunk, at the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you. ²⁰ And you shall be filled at my table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all kinds of warriors,’ declares the Lord God.

²¹ “And ^(DJ)I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see ^(DK)my judgment that I have executed, and ^(DL)my hand that I have laid on them. ^22 (DM)The house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God, from that day forward. ²³ And ^(DN)the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they dealt so treacherously with me that ^(DO)I hid my face from them and ^(DP)gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword. ²⁴ I dealt with them ^(DQ)according to their uncleanness and their transgressions, and hid my face from them.

The Resurrection

20 ^(A)Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that ^(B)the stone had been taken away from the tomb. ² So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, ^(C)the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and ^(D)we do not know where they have laid him.” ^3 (E)So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. ⁴ Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. ⁵ And stooping to look in, he saw ^(F)the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, ⁷ and ^(G)the face cloth, which had been on Jesus'^[a] head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. ⁸ Then the other disciple, ^(H)who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; ⁹ for as yet ^(I)they did not understand the Scripture, ^(J)that he must rise from the dead. ¹⁰ Then the disciples went back to their homes.

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. ¹² And ^(K)she saw ^(L)two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. ¹³ They said to her, ^(M)“Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, ^(N)“They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” ¹⁴ Having said this, she turned around and ^(O)saw Jesus standing, ^(P)but she did not know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵ Jesus said to her, ^(Q)“Woman, why are you weeping? ^(R)Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be ^(S)the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” ¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,^{[b] (T)}“Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). ¹⁷ Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to ^(U)my brothers and say to them, ^(V)‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to ^(W)my God and your God.’” ¹⁸ Mary Magdalene ^(X)went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

^19 (Y)On the evening ^(Z)of that day, the first day of the week, ^(AA)the doors being locked where the disciples were ^(AB)for fear of the Jews,^[c] Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ^(AC)“Peace be with you.” ²⁰ When he had said this, ^(AD)he showed them his hands and his side. Then ^(AE)the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. ²¹ Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As ^(AF)the Father has sent me, ^(AG)even so I am sending you.” ²² And when he had said this, he ^(AH)breathed on them and said to them, ^(AI)“Receive the Holy Spirit. ^23 (AJ)If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.”

Jesus and Thomas

²⁴ Now ^(AK)Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin,^[d] was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵ So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, ^(AL)“Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.”

²⁶ Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. ^(AM)Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ^(AN)“Peace be with you.” ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas, ^(AO)“Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” ²⁸ Thomas answered him, ^(AP)“My Lord and my God!” ²⁹ Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? ^(AQ)Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

The Purpose of This Book

^30 (AR)Now Jesus did many other signs ^(AS)in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; ^31 (AT)but these are written so that you may ^(AU)believe that Jesus is the Christ, ^(AV)the Son of God, and that by believing ^(AW)you may have life ^(AX)in his name.

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

21 After this Jesus ^(AY)revealed himself ^(AZ)again to the disciples by ^(BA)the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. ² Simon Peter, ^(BB)Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of ^(BC)Cana in Galilee, ^(BD)the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. ³ Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but ^(BE)that night they caught nothing.

⁴ Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples ^(BF)did not know that it was Jesus. ^5 (BG)Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.” ^6 (BH)He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. ⁷ That disciple ^(BI)whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, ^(BJ)he put on his outer garment, for he was ^(BK)stripped for work, and ^(BL)threw himself into the sea. ⁸ The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards^[e] off.

⁹ When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. ¹⁰ Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” ¹¹ So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. ¹² Jesus said to them, ^(BM)“Come and ^(BN)have breakfast.” Now ^(BO)none of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. ¹³ Jesus came and ^(BP)took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. ^14 (BQ)This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵ When they had ^(BR)finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ^(BS)“Simon, ^(BT)son of John, ^(BU)do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed ^(BV)my lambs.” ¹⁶ He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, ^(BW)“Tend ^(BX)my sheep.” ¹⁷ He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him ^(BY)the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, ^(BZ)you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed ^(CA)my sheep. ^18 (CB)Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, ^(CC)you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.” ¹⁹ (This he said to show ^(CD)by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, ^(CE)“Follow me.”

Jesus and the Beloved Apostle

²⁰ Peter turned and saw ^(CF)the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, ^(CG)the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?” ²¹ When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?” ²² Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain ^(CH)until ^(CI)I come, what is that to you? ^(CJ)You follow me!” ²³ So the saying spread abroad among ^(CK)the brothers^[f] that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?”

²⁴ This is the disciple ^(CL)who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and ^(CM)we know ^(CN)that his testimony is true.

²⁵ Now ^(CO)there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that ^(CP)the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.