⁸ Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”^[a] While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.^(A)

¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, “Not so^[a]; anyone who kills Cain^(A) will suffer vengeance^(B) seven times over.^(C)” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.

²³ Lamech said to his wives,

² I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north^(A) and send you against the mountains of Israel.^{(B) 3} Then I will strike your bow^(C) from your left hand and make your arrows^(D) drop from your right hand. ⁴ On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds^(E) and to the wild animals.^{(F) 5} You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.^{(G) 6} I will send fire^(H) on Magog^(I) and on those who live in safety in the coastlands,^(J) and they will know^(K) that I am the Lord.

⁹ “‘Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up—the small and large shields, the bows and arrows,^(A) the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.^{(B) 10} They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder^(C) those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(D)

¹¹ “‘On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of those who travel east of the Sea. It will block the way of travelers, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried^(E) there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon Gog.^[a](F)

¹² “‘For seven months the Israelites will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.^{(G) 13} All the people of the land will bury them, and the day I display my glory^(H) will be a memorable day for them, declares the Sovereign Lord. ¹⁴ People will be continually employed in cleansing the land. They will spread out across the land and, along with others, they will bury any bodies that are lying on the ground.

“‘After the seven months they will carry out a more detailed search. ¹⁵ As they go through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will leave a marker beside it until the gravediggers bury it in the Valley of Hamon Gog, ¹⁶ near a town called Hamonah.^[b] And so they will cleanse the land.’