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God's Message to Gog

¹ And the word of Yahweh came^[a] to me, saying,^{[b] 2} "Son of man,^[c] set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the head^[d] leader of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. ³ And you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am against you, Gog, the head^[e] leader of Meshach and Tubal, ⁴ and I will turn you around, and I will place^[f] hooks in your cheeks, and I will bring you out and all of your horses and horsemen fully armed,^[g] all of them, a great crowd, holding a shield,^[h] and small shield, and holding^[i] swords, all of them. ⁵ Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them, with a small shield and helmet. ⁶ Gomer and all of its troops, Beth Togarmah, the remote areas of the north, and with all of its troops and many peoples with them. ⁷ Be ready, and prepare yourselves,^[j] you and all of your assembly,^[k] the assembling^[l] around you, and you must be^[m] for them as a guard. ⁸ After many days you will be mustered; in the last years^[n] you will come to a restored land from the sword, gathered from many peoples on the mountains of Israel which were as permanent ruins^[o] but from peoples it was brought out, and they will dwell in safety,^[p] all of them. ⁹ And you will advance like a storm; you will come, and you will be like a cloud covering^[q] the land, and all of your troops and many nations along with you."

¹⁰ "‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "And then^[r] on that day, things^[s] will come up on^[t] your mind, and you will devise evil plans. ¹¹ And you will say, ‘I will go up against a land of open country; I will come^[u] to the people being at rest in safety,^[v] all of them dwelling without a wall^[w] and crossbars^[x] and without doors,^{[y] 12} to^[z] loot loot,^[aa] and to plunder^[ab] plunder, to assail^[ac] inhabited ruins and a people gathered together from various peoples and who are acquiring livestock and goods and dwelling at the center of the world. ¹³ Sheba and Dedan and traders of Tarshish and all its strong lions,^[ad] they will ask you, ‘To^[ae] loot loot^[af] are you coming? To plunder^[ag] plunder have you summoned your assembly, to take away silver and gold, to take livestock and goods, to loot great amounts^[ah] of loot?"'

¹⁴ "Therefore prophesy, son of man,^[ai] and you must say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Will you not realize^[aj] on that day when my people Israel are dwelling in safety,^{[ak] 15} and so you will come from your place, from the remote areas of the north, you and many people with you, horsemen^[al] all of them, a great crowd and a vast army, ¹⁶ and you will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering^[am] the land; it will be^[an] in the last days, and I will bring you against my land, so that the nations know me, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog!"'

¹⁷ "Thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘Are you he of whom I spoke in former days by the hand of my servants the prophets of Israel who were prophesying in those days for years that I would bring you against them? ¹⁸ And so then in that day, on the day of the coming of God against the land of Israel,' declares^[ao] the Lord Yahweh, ‘my rage will come up in my anger. ¹⁹ And in my passion, in the fire of my wrath, I spoke^[ap] that certainly^[aq] on that day a great earthquake will be on the land of Israel. ²⁰ And the fish of the sea and the birds^[ar] of the heaven^[as] and the animals^[at] of the field and all of the creeping things that creep on the earth and all of the humans^[au] who are on the surface of the earth will shake at my presence;^[av] and the mountains will be demolished, and the steep mountain sides will fall, and every wall on^[aw] the earth will fall. ²¹ And I will call against him^[ax] in all of my mountains a sword,' declares^[ay] the Lord Yahweh, ‘And the sword of each person will be against his brother. ²² And I will execute justice with^[az] him with a plague and with blood and torrents of rain,^[ba] and hailstones; fire and sulfur I will cause to fall on him and on his troops and on many peoples who are with him. ²³ And so I will exalt myself, and I will show myself holy, and I will make myself known before the eyes of many nations, and they will know that I am Yahweh.'"