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

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

2 A nd I will turn you about and will lead you on, and will cause you to come up from the uttermost parts of the north and will lead you against the mountains of Israel;

I will turn you around and drive you on. I will bring you from the farthest parts of the north and lead you against the mountains of Israel.

3 A nd I will smite your bow from your left hand and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.

I will knock your bow out of your left hand, and knock your arrows out of your right hand.

4 Y ou shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your hosts and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, you and all your army and the nations who are with you. I will feed you to every kind of meat-eating bird and wild animal of the field.

5 Y ou shall fall in the open field, for I have spoken, says the Lord God.

You will fall dead in the open field, for I have spoken,” says the Lord God.

6 I will send fire on Magog and upon those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord.

“I will send fire upon Magog and upon those who think they are safe in the islands. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

7 A nd I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name any more; and the nations shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

“I will make My holy name known among My people Israel. I will not let My holy name be made unclean any more. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.

8 B ehold, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord God; that is the day of which I have spoken.

It is coming, and it will be done,” says the Lord God. “This is the day I have spoken of.

9 A nd they who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth and shall set on fire and burn the battle gear, the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, the handspikes or riding whips and the spears; and they shall burn them as fuel for seven years,

“Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and make fires to burn up the objects of war. They will burn battle-coverings, bows and arrows, heavy sticks, and spears. For seven years they will use them to make fires.

10 S o that My people shall take no firewood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for they shall make their fires of the weapons. And they shall despoil those who despoiled them and plunder those who plundered them, says the Lord God.

They will not take wood from the field or from among the trees to burn. For they will make fires with the objects of war. And they will rob those who robbed them,” says the Lord God. Gog Is Buried

11 A nd in that day, I will give to Gog a place for burial there in Israel, the valley of those who pass through on the east side in front of the Sea, and it will delay and stop those who pass through. And there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude, and they shall call it the Valley of Hamon-gog.

“On that day I will give Gog a place in Israel for burying his dead. It will be the valley of those who travel east of the sea. And it will close that road to travelers, for Gog and all his people will be buried there. They will call it the Valley of Hamon-Gog.

12 F or seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.

It will take the people of Israel seven months to bury the dead and make the land clean again.

13 Y es, all the people of the land will bury them, and it shall bring them renown in the day that I shall be glorified, says the Lord God.

All the people of the land will bury them, and they will be honored for this on the day that I show My greatness,” says the Lord God.

14 A nd they shall set apart men to work continually who shall pass through the land, men commissioned to bury, with the help of those who are passing by, those bodies that lie unburied on the face of the ground, in order to cleanse the land. After the end of seven months they shall make their search.

“At the end of seven months, they will choose men to pass through the land to look for bodies that may be left on the ground. And the bodies will be buried to make the land clean.

15 A nd when these pass through the land and anyone sees a human bone, he shall set up a marker by it as a sign to the buriers, until they have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog or of Gog’s multitude.

Those who pass through and see a man’s bone will set up something to mark the place, until it is buried in the Valley of Hamon-Gog.

16 A nd Hamonah shall also be the name of the city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

(There will be a city called Hamonah there also.) And so they will make the land clean.”’”

17 A nd you, son of man, thus says the Lord God: Say to the birds of prey of every sort and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves and come, gather from every side to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, even a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel at which you may eat flesh and drink blood.

“Son of man, the Lord God says, ‘Speak to every kind of bird and to every wild animal of the field. Say to them, “Gather together and come. Come together from every side to the special supper I have made for you. Much food has been killed for you on the mountains of Israel. You will eat flesh and drink blood.

18 Y ou shall eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, of goats, and of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

You will eat the flesh of powerful men, and drink the blood of the leaders of the earth. It will be as if they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fat animals of Bashan.

19 A nd you shall eat fat till you are filled and drink blood till you are drunk at the sacrificial feast which I am preparing for you.

You will eat fat until you are filled, and drink blood until you are drunk, at the special supper I have killed and made ready for you.

20 A nd you shall be filled at My table with horses and riders, with mighty men, and with soldiers of every kind, says the Lord God.

You will be filled at My table with horses and horsemen, with powerful men and all the men of war,” says the Lord God. The Land Is Given Back to Israel

21 A nd I will manifest My honor and glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see My judgment and justice which I have executed and My hand which I have laid on them.

“I will show My greatness among the nations. All the nations will see how I have punished Israel and My hand which I have laid on them.

22 S o the house of Israel shall know, understand, and realize beyond all question that I am the Lord their God from that day forward.

Then the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God from that day on.

23 A nd the nations shall know, understand, and realize positively that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they trespassed against Me; and I hid My face from them. So I gave them into the hand of their enemies and they all fell by the power of the sword.

The nations will know that the people of Israel were taken from their land because of their sin, because they were not faithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and gave them over to those who hated them, and they died in battle.

24 A ccording to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I dealt with them and hid My face from them.

I punished them because they were unclean and sinful, and I hid My face from them.”’”

25 T herefore thus says the Lord God: Now will I reverse the captivity of Jacob and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel and will be jealous for My holy name.

So the Lord God says, “Now I will return the people of Jacob to their land and show loving-kindness to all the people of Israel. And I will be jealous for My holy name.

26 T hey shall forget their shame and self-reproach and all their treachery and unfaithfulness in which they have transgressed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land and there is none who makes them afraid.

They will forget their shame and how unfaithful they were to Me, when they live in peace on their own land with no one to make them afraid.

27 W hen I have brought them again from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and My justice and holiness are set apart and vindicated through them in the sight of many nations,

I will bring them back from the nations and gather them from the lands of those who hate them. In this way I will show the many nations that I am holy.

28 T hen shall they know, understand, and realize positively that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into captivity and exile among the nations and then gathered them to their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations any more.

Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them away into the other nations and then gathered them again to their own land. And I will not leave any of them there any longer.

29 N either will I hide My face any more then from them, when I have poured out My Spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord God.

I will not hide My face from them again, for I will pour out My Spirit on the people of Israel,” says the Lord God.