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“‘Be ready and stay ready, you and all your companies assembled around you, and be a guard for them.[a] After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come to a land restored from the ravages of war,[b] from many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people[c] were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely. You will advance;[d] you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 38:7 tn The second person singular verbal and pronominal forms in the Hebrew text indicate that Gog is addressed here.
  2. Ezekiel 38:8 tn Heb “from the sword.”
  3. Ezekiel 38:8 tn Heb “it.”
  4. Ezekiel 38:9 tn Heb “go up.”

“‘Get ready; be prepared,(A) you and all the hordes gathered about you, and take command of them. After many days(B) you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations(C) to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety.(D) You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm;(E) you will be like a cloud(F) covering the land.(G)

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