Ezekiel 38
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1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2Son 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 God: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, 4And I will turn you around, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will lead you out – you and your army, horses and horsemen, all of them equipped with all sorts of armor - even a great company with large and small shields, all of them brandishing swords: 5Persia, Cush (Ethiopia), and Put (Libya) will be with them; all of them with shields and helmets; 6Gomer, with all its troops; the people of Beth Togarmah from the far north, with all its troops; and many other people with you. 7Get ready, prepare yourself, you, with all the troops and all the hordes that are gathered to you, and take command of them. 8After many days you shall be called into action; in future years you shall invade a land that recovered from war, and were gathered out of many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had been laid waste; but returned out of the nations, and they all now dwell safely. 9You and your army will invade, advancing like a storm; covering their land like a cloud - you, and all your hordes, and many peoples with you.

10Thus says the Sovereign LORD: “At that time evil thoughts and schemes shall come into your mind; 11And you shall say, ‘I will invade the land of unwalled villages; I will attack them who are at peace and dwell securely without protective walls, bars or gates, 12To plunder and prey; to assault the desolate places that are now again inhabited by the people that are gathered out of the nations, who now have cattle and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land’. 13Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all its villages, shall ask you, ‘Have you come to plunder? Have you mobilized your forces to take away silver, gold, cattle, and goods, to seize whatever you can?’ 14Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Sovereign LORD: In that day when My people of Israel are dwelling safely and vulnerable, shall you not take notice of it? 15And you shall come from your far north with many people, all of them astride horses, a great horde, a mighty army; 16And you shall advance against My people of Israel, like a cloud covers the land; at that distant future time, and I will bring you against My land, that the nations may know Me, when My holiness is displayed before their eyes, and I shall be sanctified and vindicated by what happens to you, O Gog. 17Thus says the Sovereign LORD: “Are you not he of whom I have spoken in old time by My servants, the prophets of Israel, who prophesied for years, long ago, that I would bring you against them?

18And this is what shall come to pass at the time that Gog shall come against the land of Israel”, says the LORD God, “My fury shall come to a hot boil. 19For in My zeal and My fiery wrath I declare and promise that, ‘Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel, 20So that the fish of the sea, the fowls of the heaven, the beasts of the field, all that creep upon the earth, and all the people that are on the face of the earth, shall tremble at My presence. The mountains shall be overturned, the cliffs will crumble, and every wall shall fall to the ground. 21And I will summon a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains”, says the LORD God; “every man's weapon shall be against his brother. 22And I will execute judgment against him using pestilence and bloodshed; and I will pour a torrential rain upon him, and his hordes, all the many people that are with him, an overwhelming rain with great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23Thus will I magnify and sanctify Myself before the eyes of many nations; and I will make Myself known, and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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