Old Testament · Prophets

Ezekiel chapter 38

The of Yahweh came to me:“, set your face against , of the land of — the of and — and :Say: This is what the declares — I am against you, Gog, chief ruler of Meshech and Tubal.I will turn you around, put , and drag you out — you and your entire army: horses and riders in , a massive force with large and small shields, all of them wielding swords., , and will march with them, all carrying shields and helmets — with all its troops, and from the far north with all its troops — many peoples will stand with you.“Get ready — prepare yourself, you and all the forces assembled around you. You will be their .After a long time, you will be . In the , you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations back to the mountains of Israel — mountains that had been desolate for so long. They were brought out from the nations, and now they all .You will advance like a . You will come like a — you and all your troops and the many nations with you.”This is what the Lord Yahweh declares: On that day, , and you will devise an .You will say, ‘I will invade a land of . I will attack a people — all of them living without walls, gates, or bars.’You will come to , to turn your hand against rebuilt ruins and a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who live at the . and and the merchants of with all its traders will say to you, ‘Have you come to plunder? Have you assembled your forces to loot — to carry off silver and gold, to take livestock and goods, to haul away a massive amount of plunder?’“So speak what God has shown you, son of man, and say to Gog: This is what the Lord Yahweh declares — On that day, when my people Israel are living in safety, won’t you take notice?You will come from your place in the — you and many nations with you, all of them riding horses — a great horde, a massive army.You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the land. In the , Gog, I will bring you against my land so that the nations will know me when I use you to show them , right before their eyes.This is what the Lord Yahweh declares: Aren’t you the one I spoke about in earlier times through my servants, the of Israel, who for years kept saying someone would come against them? You are the one.“On that day — the day Gog invades the land of Israel — this is what the Lord Yahweh declares — my will flare up.In my and blazing fury I declare: On that day a massive will shake the land of Israel.The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the animals of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and every person on the face of the earth will . Mountains will be thrown down, will crumble, and every wall will collapse to the ground.I will call for a — this is what the Lord Yahweh declares. .I will on him with and bloodshed. I will pour down torrential rain, hailstones, on him and his troops and the many nations with him.And so I will show how great I am and that . I will make myself known in the sight of many nations, and .”