38:1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
38:2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog,
the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against
him.
38:3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I [am] against
thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and
I will bring thee forth, and all thy army, horses and horsemen,
all of them clothed with all sorts [of armor], [even] a great
company [with] bucklers and shields, all of them handling
swords:
38:5 Persia, Cush, and Phut with them; all of them with shield
and helmet:
38:6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the
north quarters, and all his bands: [and] many people with thee.
38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all
thy company that are assembled to thee, and be thou a guard to
them.
38:8 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 all dwell in
safety.
38:9 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.
38:10 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:
38:11 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,
38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thy 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.
38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all
its young lions, shall say to 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?
38:14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, Thus saith
the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth
safely, shalt thou not know [it]?
38:15 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:
38:16 And thou shalt come 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.
38:17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; [Art] thou he of whom I have
spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, who
prophesied in those days [many] years, that I would bring thee
against them?
38:18 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.
38:19 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.
38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the
heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping animals
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 overturned, and the steep places shall fall,
and every wall shall fall to the ground.
38:21 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.
38:22 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.
38:23 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.
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