Chapter 38.
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against
Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshach and Tubal, and prophesy against
him, and say, Thus saith the Lord God.
Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshach and Tubal,
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 armor, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling
swords, Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them, all of them with shield and helmet,
Gomer, and all his bands, the house of the north quarters, and all his bands,
and many people with thee.
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself thou, and all thy company that are
assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
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.
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.
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, 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, 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.
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?
Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say unto God, Thus saith the Lord God,
In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
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.
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.
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?
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, 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,
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.
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, and I will plead against him with
pestilence and with blood, and I will reign upon him, and upon his bands,
and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great
hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
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.