Ezekiel 38
1And
the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2Son
of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
3And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief
prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4And 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:
5Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all
his bands: and many people with thee.
7Be
thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8After 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.
9Thou 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.
10Thus 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:
11And 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,
12To 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.
13Sheba, 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?
14Therefore, 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?
15And 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:
16And 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.
17Thus 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?
18And
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.
19For 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;
20So 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.
21And 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.
22And 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.
23Thus 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.
