1 A nd the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

The Word of the Lord came to me saying,

2 S on of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, of Meshech, and of Tubal, and prophesy against him,

“Son of man, look toward Gog of the land of Magog, the leader of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and speak against him.

3 A nd say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince (ruler) of Rosh, of Meshech, and of Tubal.

Tell him, ‘The Lord God says, “I am against you, O Gog, leader of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.

4 A nd I will turn you back and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords—

I will turn you around, put hooks into your mouth, and bring you out with your whole army. Your horses and horsemen will be dressed for battle. The army will be very large, with all the men holding battle-coverings and waving swords.

5 P ersia, Cush, and Put or Libya with them, all of them with shield and helmet,

Persia, Ethiopia, and Put will be with you, all with battlecoverings and head-coverings.

6 G omer and all his hordes, the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north and all his hordes—many people are with you.

There will be Gomer with all its army, and Beth-togarmah from the farthest parts of the north with all its army. Many nations will be with you.

7 Y ou be prepared; yes, prepare yourself, you and all your companies that are assembled about you, and you be a guard and a commander for them.

“Get ready and keep ready, you and all the armies gathered around you, and watch over them.

8 A fter many days you shall be visited and mustered; in the latter years you shall go against the land that is restored from the ravages of the sword, where people are gathered out of many nations upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste; but its are brought forth out of the nations and they shall dwell securely, all of them.

After many days you will be called. In future years you will come into the land where people have been gathered from many nations and have lived without fear of war. You will come to the mountains of Israel, which had been a waste land for a long time. But its people were brought out from the nations, and all of them are living without fear.

9 Y ou shall ascend and come like a storm; you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you and all your hosts and many people with you.

You and all your army will come up against them like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the land. Many nations will be with you.”

10 T hus says the Lord God: At the same time thoughts shall come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

‘The Lord God says, “On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will make a sinful plan.

11 A nd you will say, I will go up against an open country; I will fall upon those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls and having neither bars nor gates,

You will say, ‘I will go up against the open country, where people are quiet and live in peace. They live in villages without walls and have no iron pieces or gates.’

12 T o take spoil and prey, to turn your hand upon the desolate places now inhabited and assail the people gathered out of the nations, who have obtained livestock and goods, who dwell at the center of the earth.

You will go to rob the land and fight in the waste places where people now live. You will go up against the people who were gathered from the nations and are rich with cattle and good things and who live at the center of the land.

13 S heba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish, with all their lionlike cubs, shall say to you, Have you come to take spoil? Have you gathered your hosts to take the prey? To carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take a great spoil?

Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish and all its villages will say to you, ‘Have you come to take prizes of war? Have you gathered your army to carry away silver and gold, cattle, good things, and many prizes of war?’”’

14 T herefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord God: In that day when My people Israel dwell securely, will you not know it and be aroused?

“So, son of man, speak in My name and tell Gog, ‘The Lord God says, “On that day when My people Israel are living in peace and without fear, will you not know it?

15 A nd you 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 host, a mighty army.

You will come from your place in the far north, and many nations will be with you. All of them will be riding on horses, a large and powerful army.

16 A nd you shall come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. In the latter days I will bring you against My land, that the nations may know, understand, and realize Me when My holiness shall be vindicated through you, O Gog, before their eyes.

You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. In the last days, O Gog, I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy through you in front of their eyes.”

17 T hus says the Lord God: Are you he of whom I have spoken in olden times by My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I would bring you against them?

‘The Lord God says, “Are you the one I spoke of in the past, through My servants of Israel who spoke in My name? At that time they said for many years that I would bring you against them.

18 B ut in that day when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord God, My wrath shall come up into My nostrils.

“On the day when Gog comes against the land of Israel, I will become very angry,” says the Lord God.

19 F or in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath have I said, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking or cosmic catastrophe in the land of Israel,

“In My jealousy and in My burning anger I have said that on that day the earth will shake in the land of Israel.

20 S o that the fishes of the sea and the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall tremble and shake at My presence; and the mountains shall be thrown down and the steep places shall fall and every wall shall fall to the ground.

The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the wild animals of the field, all the animals that move upon the earth, and all the men on the earth will shake before Me. Mountains will be thrown down, the mountain sides will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground.

21 A nd I will call for a sword against throughout all My mountains, says the Lord God, every man’s sword shall be against his brother.

I will call for a sword against Gog on all My mountains,” says the Lord God. “His men will turn their swords against one another.

22 A nd with pestilence and with bloodshed will I enter into judgment with, and I will rain upon him and upon his hordes and upon the many peoples that are with him torrents of rain and great hailstones, fire and brimstone.

I will punish him with disease and with blood. I will send down a hard rain, hailstones, fire and sulphur upon him and his army and the many nations with him.

23 T hus will I demonstrate My greatness and My holiness, and I will be recognized, understood, and known in the eyes of many nations; yes, they shall know that I am the Lord.

I will show the many nations that I am great and holy. And they will know that I am the Lord.”