Ezekiel 38:17–39:6 LEB - “Thus says the Lord…

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Ezekiel 38:17–39:6

17 “Thus says the Lord Yahweh, ‘Are you he of whom I spoke in former days by the hand of my servants the prophets of Israel who were prophesying in those days for years that I would bring you against them? 18 And so then in that day, on the day of the coming of God against the land of Israel,’ ⌊declares⌋n the Lord Yahweh, ‘my rage will come up in my anger. 19 And in my passion, in the fire of my wrath, I spokeo that ⌊certainly⌋p on that day a great earthquake will be on the land of Israel. 20 And the fish of the sea and the birdsq of the heavenr and the animalss of the field and all of the creeping things that creep on the earth and all of the humanst who are on the surface of the earth will shake ⌊at my presence⌋;u and the mountains will be demolished, and the steep mountain sides will fall, and every wall onv the earth will fall. 21 And I will call against himw in all of my mountains a sword,’ ⌊declares⌋x the Lord Yahweh, ‘And the sword of each person will be against his brother. 22 And I will execute justice withy him with a plague and with blood and ⌊torrents of rain⌋,z and hailstones; fire and sulfur I will cause to fall on him and on his troops and on many peoples who are with him. 23 And so I will exalt myself, and I will show myself holy, and I will make myself known before the eyes of many nations, and they will know that I am Yahweh.’ ”

God’s Destruction of Gog and His Hordes

39 “And you, son of man,a prophesy against Gog, and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am against you Gog, the headb leader of Meshech and Tubal, 2 and I will turn you around, and I will drag you along, and I will bring you up from the remote areas of the north, and I will bring you against the mountains of Israel, 3 and I will strike your bow from ⌊your left hand⌋,c and your arrows from ⌊your right hand⌋d I will cause to fall. 4 On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all of your troops, and the peoples who are with you, to birdse of prey, birds of every wing,f and animals of the field I will give you as food. 5 On the surface of the field you will fall, for ⌊I myself⌋g have spoken,” ⌊declares⌋h the Lord Yahweh. 6 “And I will send fire against Magog and among the people inhabiting the coastlands ⌊in safety⌋,i and they will know that I am Yahweh.

n	Literally “declaration of”
o	Or “I asserted”
p	Literally “if not”
q	Hebrew “bird”
r	Or “sky”
s	Hebrew “animal”
t	Or “every human being”
u	Literally “from the face of me”
v	Or “to”
w	Or “summon against him” (cf. NJPS)
x	Literally “declaration of”
y	Or “with respect to him”
z	Literally “rain flooding/pouring down”
a	Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
b	Or “chief”
c	Literally “the hand of left your”
d	Literally “the hand of right your”
e	Hebrew “bird”
f	Or “kind”
g	Literally “I, I”
h	Literally “declaration of”
i	Literally “with confidence/trust”