Ezekiel 38

Ezekiel 38

Invasion by Gog

1The word of the Lord came to me:

2Mortal, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him[#Ezek 39.1; Rev 20.8]

3and say: Thus says the Lord God : I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal;

4I will turn you around and put hooks into your jaws, and I will lead you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company, all of them with shield and buckler, wielding swords.[#2 Kings 19.28; Ezek 39.2]

5Paras, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with buckler and helmet;[#Ezek 27.10; 30.4, 5]

6Gomer and all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remotest parts of the north with all its troops—many peoples are with you.[#Gen 10.2; Ezek 27.14]

7Be ready and keep ready, you and all the companies that are assembled around you, and take command of them.[#38.7 Cn: Heb hold yourselves in reserve for them]

8After many days you shall be mustered; in the latter years you shall go against a land restored from war, a land where people were gathered from many nations on the mountains of Israel, which had long lain waste; its people were brought out from the nations and now are living in safety, all of them.[#Isa 24.22; Ezek 36.24]

9You shall advance, coming on like a storm; you shall be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.[#Isa 28.2; Joel 2.2]

10Thus says the Lord God : On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme.[#Mic 2.1]

11You will say, “I will go up against the land of unwalled villages; I will fall upon the quiet people who live in safety, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates,[#v 8; Jer 49.31; Zech 2.4]

12to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to assail the waste places that are now inhabited and the people who were gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center of the earth.”[#Isa 10.6; Ezek 29.19; #38.12 Heb navel]

13Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its young warriors will say to you, “Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your horde to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to seize a great amount of spoil?”[#Ezek 27.15, 22; Nah 2.11–13; #38.13 Heb young lions]

14Therefore, mortal, prophesy and say to Gog: Thus says the Lord God : On that day when my people Israel are living securely, you will rouse yourself[#Jer 23.6; Zech 2.5, 8; #38.14 Gk: Heb will you not know?]

15and come from your place out of the remotest parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army;[#Ezek 39.2]

16you will come up against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, I display my holiness before their eyes.[#Ezek 36.23]

Judgment on Gog

17Thus says the Lord God : Are you 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?[#Isa 34.1–6]

18On that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel, says the Lord God , my wrath shall be aroused.[#Ps 18.8, 15]

19For in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare: On that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;[#Ezek 36.5, 6; Nah 1.2; Hag 2.6, 7; Rev 16.18]

20the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and the animals of the field and all creeping things that creep on the ground and all humans who are on the face of the earth shall quake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground.[#Jer 4.24; Hos 4.3; Nah 1.5, 6; Zech 14.4]

21I will summon the sword against Gog in all my mountains, says the Lord God ; the swords of all will be against their comrades.[#Judg 7.22; 1 Sam 14.20; 2 Chr 20.23; Ezek 14.17; #38.21 Heb him; #38.21 Heb to or for]

22With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will pour down torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur upon him and his troops and the many peoples who are with him.[#Ps 11.6; Isa 66.16; Jer 25.31; Rev 16.21]

23So I will display my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord .[#Ps 9.16; Ezek 36.23; 37.28]

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