The Nations Judged

³ The days^(A) are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will bring^(B) my people Israel and Judah back from captivity^[a] and restore^(C) them to the land I gave their ancestors to possess,’ says the Lord.”

²⁵ “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob^[a](A) and will have compassion^(B) on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.^(C)

³ “I myself will gather the remnant^(A) of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture,^(B) where they will be fruitful and increase in number. ⁴ I will place shepherds^(C) over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid^(D) or terrified, nor will any be missing,^(E)” declares the Lord.

⁷ “So then, the days are coming,”^(M) declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’^{(N) 8} but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”^(O)

Psalm 85^[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

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)

¹⁷ “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You are the one I spoke of in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel. At that time they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them. ¹⁸ This is what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the Sovereign Lord.