“1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set
thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and
Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Behold, I [am] against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and
Tubal: 4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I
will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of
them clothed with all sorts [of armour, even] a great company [with]
bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia, Ethiopia,
and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and
all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his
bands: [and] many people with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for
thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be
thou a guard unto them. 8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the
latter years thou shalt come into the land [that is] brought back from
the sword, [and is] gathered out of many people, against the mountains
of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of
the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. 9 Thou shalt
ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the
land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. 10 Thus saith
the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, [that] at the same time shall
things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: 11 And
thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go
to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling
without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, 12 To take a spoil,
and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places [that
are now] inhabited, and upon the people [that are] gathered out of the
nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of
the land. 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all
the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a
spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away
silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?”
“14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt
thou not know [it]? 15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the
north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon
horses, a great company, and a mighty army: 16 And thou shalt come up
against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be
in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the
heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before
their eyes. 17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; [Art] thou he of whom I have
spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which
prophesied in those days [many] years that I would bring thee against
them? 18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come
against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, [that] my fury shall
come up in my face. 19 For in my jealousy [and] in the fire of my wrath
have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the
land of Israel; 20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the
heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep
upon the earth, and all the men that [are] upon the face of the earth,
shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and
the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. 21
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains,
saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother. 22
And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will
rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that [are]
with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and
brimstone. 23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I
will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I
[am] the LORD.” (Ezekiel 38:1-23 AV)
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