¹⁶ All the men of Ai were called to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were lured away^(A) from the city.

³¹ The Benjamites came out to meet them and were drawn away^(A) from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as before, so that about thirty men fell in the open field and on the roads—the one leading to Bethel^(B) and the other to Gibeah.

¹⁹ Then I saw the beast^(A) and the kings of the earth^(B) and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse^(C) and his army. ²⁰ But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet^(D) who had performed the signs^(E) on its behalf.^(F) With these signs he had deluded^(G) those who had received the mark of the beast^(H) and worshiped its image.^(I) The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake^(J) of burning sulfur.^{(K) 21} The rest were killed with the sword^(L) coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse,^(M) and all the birds^(N) gorged themselves on their flesh.

¹⁴ They are demonic spirits^(A) that perform signs,^(B) and they go out to the kings of the whole world,^(C) to gather them for the battle^(D) on the great day^(E) of God Almighty.

¹¹ You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people^(A)—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars.^{(B) 12} I will plunder and loot and turn my hand against the resettled ruins and the people gathered from the nations, rich in livestock and goods, living at the center of the land.^[a]” ¹³ Sheba^(C) and Dedan^(D) and the merchants of Tarshish^(E) and all her villages^[b] will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?^(F)”’

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

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. ¹⁹ In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare that at that time there shall be a great earthquake^(N) in the land of Israel.^{(O) 20} The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble^(P) at my presence. The mountains will be overturned,^(Q) the cliffs will crumble^(R) and every wall will fall to the ground.^{(S) 21} I will summon a sword^(T) against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be against his brother.^{(U) 22} I will execute judgment^(V) on him with plague and bloodshed;^(W) I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones^(X) and burning sulfur^(Y) on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.^(Z)

³⁶ Then the Benjamites saw that they were beaten.

Now the men of Israel had given way^(A) before Benjamin, because they relied on the ambush^(B) they had set near Gibeah. ³⁷ Those who had been in ambush made a sudden dash into Gibeah, spread out and put the whole city to the sword.^{(C) 38} The Israelites had arranged with the ambush that they should send up a great cloud of smoke^(D) from the city,^{(E) 39} and then the Israelites would counterattack.

The Benjamites had begun to inflict casualties on the Israelites (about thirty), and they said, “We are defeating them as in the first battle.”^(F)

⁵ I and all those with me will advance on the city, and when the men come out against us, as they did before, we will flee from them. ⁶ They will pursue us until we have lured them away from the city, for they will say, ‘They are running away from us as they did before.’ So when we flee from them,