Ezekiel 38
Prophecy about Gog and Future Invasion of Israel
1 And the word of the Lord came to me saying,
2 “Son of man, set your face toward aGog of the land of bMagog, the 1prince of cRosh, dMeshech and dTubal, and prophesy against him
3 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord 1God, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, 2prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal.
4 “I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will abring you out, and all your army, bhorses and horsemen, all of them 1splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords;
5 aPersia, 1bEthiopia and cPut with them, all of them with shield and helmet;
6 aGomer with all its troops; bBeth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops—many peoples with you.
7 “aBe prepared, and prepare yourself, you and all your companies that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them.
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 waste; but 2its people were brought out from the 1nations, and they are dliving securely, all of them.
9 “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.”
10 ‘Thus says the Lord God, “It will come about on that day, that 1thoughts will come into your mind and you will adevise an evil plan,
11 and you will say, ‘I will go up against the land of 1aunwalled villages. I will go against those who are bat rest, that live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates,
12 to acapture spoil and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places which are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods, who live at the 1center of the world.’
13 “aSheba and bDedan and the merchants of cTarshish with all its 1villages will say to you, ‘Have you come to capture spoil? Have you assembled your company to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to capture great dspoil?’ ” ’
14 “Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “On that day when My people Israel are aliving securely, will you not know it?
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 on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army;
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 am bsanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog.”
17 ‘Thus says the Lord God, “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?
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.
19 “In My azeal and in My blazing wrath I declare that on that day there will surely be a great 1bearthquake in the land of Israel.
20 “aThe fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence; the bmountains also will be thrown down, the steep pathways will 1collapse and every wall will fall to the ground.
21 “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.
22 “With pestilence 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, with bhailstones, fire and brimstone.
23 “I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and amake Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the Lord.” ’
Ezekiel 48
1 “Now athese are the names of the tribes: from the northern extremity, 1beside the way of Hethlon to 2Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, toward the north 1beside Hamath, 3running from east to west, bDan, one portion.
2 “Beside the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, aAsher, one portion.
3 “Beside the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side, aNaphtali, one portion.
4 “Beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, aManasseh, one portion.
5 “Beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, aEphraim, one portion.
6 “Beside the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, aReuben, one portion.
7 “Beside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, aJudah, one portion.
8 “And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the 1allotment which you shall 2set apart, 25,000 3cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the asanctuary shall be in the middle of it.
9 “The allotment that you shall set apart to the Lord shall be 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width.
10 “The holy allotment shall be for these, namely for the apriests, toward the north 25,000 cubits in length, toward the west 10,000 in width, toward the east 10,000 in width, and toward the south 25,000 in length; and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in its midst.
11 “It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the asons of Zadok, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray as the bLevites went astray.
12 “It shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, by the border of the Levites.
13 “Alongside the border of the priests the Levites shall have 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 in width. The whole length shall be 25,000 cubits and the width 10,000.
14 “Moreover, they ashall not sell or exchange any of it, or alienate this 1choice portion of land; for it is holy to the Lord.
15 “The remainder, 5,000 cubits in width and 25,000 1in length, shall be for acommon use for the city, for dwellings and for 2open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst.
16 “These shall be its measurements: the north side 4,500 cubits, the south side a4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits.
17 “The city shall have 1open spaces: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits.
18 “The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment shall be 10,000 cubits toward the east and 10,000 toward the west; and it shall be 1alongside the holy allotment. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city.
19 “The workers of the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it.
20 “The whole allotment shall be 25,000 by 25,000 cubits; you shall 1set apart the holy allotment, a 2square, with the 3property of the city.
21 “The aremainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy allotment and of the 1property of the city; in front of the 25,000 cubits of the allotment toward the east border and westward in front of the 25,000 toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. And the holy allotment and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it.
22 “Exclusive of the 1property of the Levites and the 1property of the city, which are in the middle of that which belongs to the prince, everything between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be for the prince.
23 “As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, aBenjamin, one portion.
24 “Beside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, aSimeon, one portion.
25 “Beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, aIssachar, one portion.
26 “Beside the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, aZebulun, one portion.
27 “Beside the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, aGad, one portion.
28 “And beside the border of Gad, at the south side toward the south, the border shall be from aTamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the bGreat Sea.
29 “This is the aland which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their several portions,” declares the Lord 1God.
30 “These are the exits of the city: on the anorth side, 4,500 cubits by measurement,
31 1shall be the gates of the city, 2anamed for the tribes of Israel, three gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
32 “On the east side, 4,500 cubits, 1shall be three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one.
33 “On the south side, 4,500 cubits by measurement, 1shall be three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of …