A Prophecy against Gog

1And the word came of YHWH to me, saying: 2“Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal,† and prophesy against him, 3and say, thus says the Lord YHWH: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal!† 4And I will turn you around, and I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will bring you out and all your army—horses and horsemen, all clothed in perfection, a great company, with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords. 5Persia, Cush,† and Libya are with them, all of them with shield and helmet. 6Gomer and all her troops, the house of Togarmah from the extremities of the north, and all his troops—many peoples are with you.

7Ready yourself, and be ready yourself—you and all your company gathered around you—and be unto them as a guard. 8After many days you will be mustered; in the latter years, you will come into a land having returned from the sword, having been gathered from many peoples, upon the mountains of Israel, which had been continually as a desolation. From the nations it has been brought out, and they will dwell in safety, all of them. 9And you will come up, like a storm you will come in, like a cloud to cover the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.

10Thus says the Lord YHWH: And it will come to pass on that day, that will come up thoughts upon your heart, and you will devise an evil plan. 11And you will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages, I will go in to those living quietly, dwelling in security—all of them dwelling with no walls, and bars and gates not unto them— 12to draw out the plunder and to prey on the prey, to stretch out my hand against the desolate places now inhabited, and against a people gathered from the nations, having gained livestock and possessions, dwelling in the center of the land.’

13Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, and all her villages,† will say to you, ‘Have you come to draw out the plunder? Is it to prey on prey that you have assembled your company—to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to draw out great plunder?’

14Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog—thus says the Lord YHWH: On that day, with the dwelling of My people Israel in safety, will you not know it?† 15And you will come from your place, from the extremities of the north, you and many peoples with you, riding on horses all of them, a great company, and a numerous army. 16And you will come up against My people Israel, like a cloud to cover the land. In the latter days it will come to pass that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me, in My showing My holiness in you before their eyes, O Gog!

17Thus says the Lord YHWH: Are you he of whom I have spoken in former days by My servants, the prophets of Israel, those having prophesied in those days, for years, of My bringing you against them? 18And it will come to pass in that day that in the day of the coming of Gog against the land of Israel, says the Lord YHWH, My fury of My nose will rise up.

19And in My zeal and in the fire of My wrath, I have spoken: Surely in that day that there will be a great shaking upon the land of Israel, 20and they will shake before My face—the fish of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the field, and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth, and every man who is on the face of the earth. And the mountains will be thrown down, and the steep places will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground.

21And I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains, a declaration of the Lord YHWH, and the sword of each man will be against his brother. 22And I will bring judgment on him with pestilence and with blood, and flooding rain and stones of hail. I will rain down fire and brimstone on him, and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him. 23And I will magnify Myself, and will sanctify Myself, and I will make Myself known before the eyes of many nations, and they will know that I am YHWH.