Ezekiel 38:1–16

Prophecy Against Gog

38The word of the Lord came to me: ^2k“Son of man, ^lset your face toward ^mGog, of the land of ⁿMagog, the ^ochief prince of ^pMeshech¹ and ^pTubal, and ^qprophesy against him ³and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, ^rI am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech² and Tubal. ^4sAnd I will turn you about and ^tput hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and ^uall your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords. ^5vPersia, ^wCush, and ^vPut are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; ^6xGomer and all his ^yhordes; ^zBeth-togarmah from ^athe uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes—^umany peoples are with you.

^7b“Be ready and keep ready, you and all your hosts that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them. ^8cAfter many days you will be mustered. ^dIn the latter years you will go against ^dthe land that is restored from war, the land whose people ^ewere gathered from many peoples upon ^fthe mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and ^gnow dwell securely, all of them. ⁹You will advance, coming on ^hlike a storm. You will be ⁱlike a cloud covering the land, you and all your ^yhordes, and many peoples with you.

¹⁰“Thus says the Lord God: On that day, ^jthoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme ¹¹and say, ‘I will go up against ^kthe land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon ^lthe quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’ ¹²to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against ^mthe waste places that are now inhabited, and ^mthe people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, ⁿwho dwell at the center of the earth. ^13oSheba and ^pDedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all ^qits leaders³ will say to you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?’

¹⁴“Therefore, ^rson of man, prophesy, and say to ^sGog, Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are ^gdwelling securely, ^twill you not know it? ¹⁵You will come from your place out of ^uthe uttermost parts of the north, you and ^vmany peoples with you, ^wall of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army. ¹⁶You will come up against my people Israel, ⁱlike a cloud covering the land. ^xIn the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, ^yI vindicate my holiness before their eyes.