Chapter 38

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,²

Son of man, set³ thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief ⁷²²⁰ prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy¹⁰ against him,

And say,¹ Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Behold, I [am] against thee, O Gog, the chief ⁷²²⁰ prince of Meshech and Tubal:

And I will turn thee back,³¹ and put¹ hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth,⁵² and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed⁷ with all sorts [of armour, even] a great company [with] bucklers and shields, all of them handling⁶ swords:

Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:

Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: [and] many people with thee.

Be thou prepared,¹⁰ and prepare⁵⁴ for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled¹² unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

After many days thou shalt be visited:¹¹ in the latter years thou shalt come⁴ into the land [that is] brought back⁵⁰ from the sword, [and is] gathered³⁰ out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth⁹⁰ out of the nations, and they shall dwell¹ safely all of them.

Thou shalt ascend¹ and come⁴ like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover¹⁵ the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.

Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, [that] at the same time shall things come⁴ into thy mind, and thou shalt think¹ an evil thought:

And thou shalt say,¹ I will go up⁴ to the land of unwalled villages; I will go⁴ to them that are at rest,⁶ that dwell⁶ safely, all of them dwelling⁶ without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

To take² a spoil, and to take² a prey; to turn⁵³ thine hand upon the desolate places [that are now] inhabited,¹² and upon the people [that are] gathered³⁰ out of the nations, which have gotten⁶ cattle and goods, that dwell⁶ in the midst of the land.

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants⁶ of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say⁴ unto thee, Art thou come⁶ to take² a spoil? hast thou gathered⁵² thy company to take² a prey? to carry away² silver and gold, to take away² cattle and goods, to take² a great spoil?

Therefore, son of man, prophesy¹⁰ and say¹ unto Gog, Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth² safely, shalt thou not know⁴ [it]?

And thou shalt come¹ from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding⁶ upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:

And thou shalt come up¹ against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover¹⁵ the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring⁵² thee against my land, that the heathen may know² me, when I shall be sanctified⁹ in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; [Art] thou he of whom I have spoken¹⁴ in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied¹² in those days [many] years that I would bring⁵³ thee against them?

And it shall come to pass at the same time ³¹¹⁷ when Gog shall come² against the land of Israel, saith⁷ the Lord GOD, [that] my fury shall come up⁴ in my face.

For in my jealousy [and] in the fire of my wrath have I spoken,¹⁴ Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep⁶ upon the earth, and all the men that [are] upon the face of the earth, shall shake¹ at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down,⁸ and the steep places shall fall,¹ and every wall shall fall⁴ to the ground.

And I will call¹ for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith⁷ the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

And I will plead⁸ against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain⁵⁵ upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that [are] with him, an overflowing⁶ rain, and great hailstones, ⁶⁸ fire, and brimstone.

Thus will I magnify⁹⁸ myself, and sanctify⁹⁸ myself; and I will be known⁸ in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know¹ that I [am] the LORD.