1 “ 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.

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 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.

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

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 will fall dead in 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 “ 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.

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 “ 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.

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

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 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.

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 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

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 “ 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.

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

Seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.

13 A ll 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.

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 “ 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.

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 hose 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.

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

Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

17 “ 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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

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 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.

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

So the house of Israel shall know that I am Yahweh their God, from that day and forward.

23 T he 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.

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 I punished them because they were unclean and sinful, and I hid 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 S o 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.

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 T hey 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.