Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, set your face toward aGog of the land of bMagog, the cchief prince of dMeshech and eTubal, and prophesy against him,Ezek 38:3, 14, 16, 18; 39:1, 11; Rev 20:8Gen 10:2; Ezek 39:6; Rev 20:8Ezek 38:3; 39:1Ezek 27:13; 38:3; 39:1 3 and say, ‘This is what the Lord 1GOD says: “Behold, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch 4 So I will turn you around and put hooks into your jaws, and I will abring you out, and all your army, bhorses and horsemen, all of them magnificently dressed, a great contingent with shield and 1buckler, all of them wielding swords;I.e., small shieldIs 43:17Ezek 38:15; Dan 11:40 5 aPersia, 1bCush, and cPut with them, all of them with buckler and helmet;Or Ethiopia2 Chr 36:20; Ezra 1:1; Ezek 27:10; Dan 8:20Gen 10:6-8; Ezek 30:4, 5Ezek 27:10; 30:5 6 aGomer with all its troops; bBeth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops—many peoples with you.Gen 10:2, 3Gen 10:3; Ezek 27:14
7 “aBe ready, and be prepared, you and all your contingents that are assembled around you, and be a guard for them.Is 8:9 8 aAfter many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been bgathered from many 1nations to the cmountains of Israel which had been a continual place of ruins; but 2its people were brought out from the 3nations, and they are dliving securely, all of them.Lit peoplesLit it wasIs 24:22Is 11:11; Ezek 36:24; 37:21; 38:12; 39:27, 28Ezek 34:13; 36:1-8Ezek 38:11, 14; 39:26 9 And you will go up, you will come alike a storm; you will be like a bcloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.”Is 5:28; 21:1; 25:4; 28:2; Jer 4:13Ezek 30:18; 38:16; Joel 2:2
10 ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “It will come about on that day, that 1thoughts will come into your mind and you will adevise an evil plan,Lit wordsPs 36:4; Mic 2:1 11 and you will say, ‘I will go up against the land of 1aunwalled villages. I will go against those who are bat rest, who live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates,Or open countryZech 2:4Jer 49:31 12 to acapture spoils and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the ruins that are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who live at the 1center of the world.’Lit navelIs 10:6; Ezek 29:19 13 aSheba and bDedan and the merchants of cTarshish with all its 1villages will say to you, ‘Have you come to capture spoils? Have you assembled your contingent to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to capture great dspoils?’”’As in ancient versions; MT young lionsEzek 27:22, 23Ezek 25:13; 27:15, 20Ezek 27:12Is 10:6; 33:23; Jer 15:13
14 “Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “On that day when My people Israel are aliving securely, will you not know it?Jer 23:6; Ezek 38:8, 11; Zech 2:5, 8 15 aYou will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding horses, a large assembly and a mighty army;Ezek 39:2 16 and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may aknow Me when I bshow Myself holy through you before their eyes, Gog.”Ps 83:18; Ezek 36:23; 38:23Is 5:16; 8:13; 29:23; Ezek 28:22
17 ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through My servants the prophets of Israel, who aprophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them?Is 5:26-29; 34:1-6; 63:1-6; 66:15, 16; Joel 3:9-14 18 It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” declares the Lord GOD, “that My fury will mount up in My aanger.Ps 18:8, 15 19 In My azeal and in My blazing wrath I declare that on that day there will certainly be a great 1bearthquake in the land of Israel.Or shakingDeut 32:22; Ps 18:7, 8; Ezek 5:13; 36:5, 6; Nah 1:2; Heb 12:29Joel 3:16; Hag 2:6, 7, 21 20 aThe fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, all the crawling things that crawl on the earth, and all mankind who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence; and the bmountains will be thrown down, the steep pathways will 1collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.Lit fallJer 4:24, 25; Hos 4:3; Nah 1:4-6Zech 14:4 21 And I will call for a asword against 1him on all My mountains,” declares the Lord GOD. “bEvery man’s sword will be against his brother.I.e., GogEzek 14:17Judg 7:22; 1 Sam 14:20; 2 Chr 20:23; Hag 2:22 22 With plague and with blood I will enter into ajudgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, 1a torrential rain, bhailstones, fire, and brimstone.Lit an overflowingIs 66:16; Jer 25:31Ps 11:6; 18:12-14; Is 28:17 23 So I will prove Myself great, show Myself holy, and amake Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the LORD.”’Ps 9:16; Ezek 37:28; 38:16