¹The LORD ’s word came to me , saying ,

²“Son of man , set your face towards Gog , of the land of Magog , the prince of Rosh, Meshech , and Tubal , and prophesy against him ,

³and say, ‘The Lord GOD says : “Behold , I am against you, Gog , prince of Rosh, Meshech , and Tubal .

⁴I will turn you around , and put hooks into your jaws , and I will bring you out , with all your army , horses and horsemen , all of them clothed in full armour, a great company with buckler and shield , all of them handling swords ;

⁵Persia , Cush , and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet ;

⁶Gomer , and all his hordes; the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north , and all his hordes—even many peoples with you .

⁷“‘“Be prepared , yes, prepare yourself , you , and all your companies who are assembled to you , and be a guard to them .

⁸After many days you will be visited . In the latter years you will come into the land that is brought back from the sword , that is gathered out of many peoples , on the mountains of Israel , which have been a continual waste ; but it is brought out of the peoples and they will dwell securely, all of them .

⁹You will ascend . You will come like a storm . You will be like a cloud to cover the land, you and all your hordes, and many peoples with you .”

¹⁰“‘The Lord GOD says : “It will happen in that day that things will come into your mind , and you will devise an evil plan .

¹¹You will say, ‘I will go up to the land of unwalled villages . I will go to those who are at rest , who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls , and having neither bars nor gates ,

¹²to take the plunder and to take prey ; to turn your hand against the waste places that are inhabited , and against the people who are gathered out of the nations , who have gotten livestock and goods , who dwell in the middle of the earth.’

¹³Sheba , Dedan , and the merchants of Tarshish , with all its young lions , will ask you , ‘Have you come to take the plunder ? Have you assembled your company to take the prey , to carry away silver and gold , to take away livestock and goods , to take great plunder ?’”’

¹⁴“Therefore , son of man , prophesy , and tell Gog , ‘The Lord GOD says : “In that day when my people Israel dwells securely, will you not know it ?

¹⁵You will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north , you , and many peoples with you , all of them riding on horses , a great company and a mighty army .

¹⁶You will come up against my people Israel as a cloud to cover the land. It will happen in the latter days that I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me when I am sanctified in you , Gog , before their eyes .”

¹⁷“‘The Lord GOD says : “Are you he of whom I spoke in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel , who prophesied in those days for years that I would bring you against them ?

¹⁸It will happen in that day , when Gog comes against the land of Israel ,” says the Lord GOD , “that my wrath will come up into my nostrils.

¹⁹For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath I have spoken . Surely in that day there will be a great shaking in the land of Israel ,

²⁰so that the fish of the sea , the birds of the sky , the animals of the field , all creeping things who creep on the earth , and all the men who are on the surface of the earth will shake at my presence . Then the mountains will be thrown down , the steep places will fall , and every wall will fall to the ground .

²¹I will call for a sword against him to all my mountains ,” says the Lord GOD . “Every man ’s sword will be against his brother.

²²I will enter into judgement with him with pestilence and with blood . I will rain on him , on his hordes, and on the many peoples who are with him , torrential rains with great hailstones, fire, and sulphur.

²³I will magnify myself and sanctify myself , and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations . Then they will know that I am the LORD .”’