1 “ And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal;
You, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal:
2 a nd I will turn you around and lead you on, bringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel.
and I will turn you around, and will lead you on, and will cause you to come up from the uttermost parts of the north; and I will bring you on the mountains of Israel;
3 T hen I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand.
and I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
4 Y ou shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured.
5 Y ou shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken,” says the Lord God.
You shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.
6 “ And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.
I will send a fire on Magog, and on those who dwell securely in the islands; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
7 S o I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.
My holy name will I make known among my people Israel; neither will I allow my holy name to be profaned any more: and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, the Holy One in Israel.
8 S urely it is coming, and it shall be done,” says the Lord God. “This is the day of which I have spoken.
Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh; this is the day about which I have spoken.
9 “ Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years.
Those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go out, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years;
10 T hey will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them,” says the Lord God. The Burial of Gog
so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall make fires of the weapons; and they shall plunder those who plundered them, and rob those who robbed them, says the Lord Yahweh.
11 “ It will come to pass in that day that I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea; and it will obstruct travelers, because there they will bury Gog and all his multitude. Therefore they will call it the Valley of Hamon Gog.
It shall happen in that day, that I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of those who pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall 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.
12 F or seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.
Seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.
13 I ndeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain renown for it on the day that I am glorified,” says the Lord God.
Yes, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown in the day that I shall be glorified, says the Lord Yahweh.
14 “ They will set apart men regularly employed, with the help of a search party, to pass through the land and bury those bodies remaining on the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search.
They shall set apart men of continual employment, who shall pass through the land, and, with those who pass through, those who bury those who remain on the surface of the land, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 T he search party will pass through the land; and when anyone sees a man’s bone, he shall set up a marker by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog.
Those who pass through the land shall pass through; and when any sees a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, until the undertakers have buried it in the valley of Hamon Gog.
16 T he name of the city will also be Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land.”’ A Triumphant Festival
Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
17 “ And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God, ‘Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field: “Assemble yourselves and come; Gather together from all sides to My sacrificial meal Which I am sacrificing for you, A great sacrificial meal on the mountains of Israel, That you may eat flesh and drink blood.
You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every animal of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
18 Y ou shall eat the flesh of the mighty, Drink the blood of the princes of the earth, Of rams and lambs, Of goats and bulls, All of them fatlings of Bashan.
You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 Y ou shall eat fat till you are full, And drink blood till you are drunk, At My sacrificial meal Which I am sacrificing for you.
You shall eat fat until you be full, and drink blood until you are drunk, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Y ou shall be filled at My table With horses and riders, With mighty men And with all the men of war,” says the Lord God. Israel Restored to the Land
You shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, says the Lord Yahweh.
21 “ I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall see My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them.
I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them.
22 S o the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day forward.
So the house of Israel shall know that I am Yahweh their God, from that day and forward.
23 T he Gentiles shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they were unfaithful to Me, therefore I hid My face from them. I gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword.
The nations shall know 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 adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword.
24 A ccording to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have dealt with them, and hidden My face from them.”’
According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I to them; and I hid my face from them.
25 “ Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name—
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.
26 a fter they have borne their shame, and all their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, when they dwelt safely in their own land and no one made them afraid.
They shall bear their shame, and all their trespasses by which they have trespassed against me, when they shall dwell securely in their land, and no one shall make them afraid;
27 W hen I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and I am hallowed in them in the sight of many nations,
when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.
28 t hen they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who sent them into captivity among the nations, but also brought them back to their land, and left none of them captive any longer.
They shall know that I am Yahweh their God, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them to their own land; and I will leave none of them any more there;
29 A nd I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,’ says the Lord God.”
neither will I hide my face any more from them; for I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh.