Ezekiel 38:1–39:24

Gog and Allies Attack Israel

38Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ^2a“Son of man, ^bset your face against ^cGog, of the land of ^dMagog, ¹the prince of Rosh, ^eMeshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, ³and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. ^4fI will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and ^glead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, ^hall splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords. ⁵Persia, ²Ethiopia, and ³Libya are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; ⁶ⁱGomer and all its troops; the house of ^jTogarmah from the far north and all its troops—many people are with you.

^7k“Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered about you; and be a guard for them. ^8lAfter many days ^myou will be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword ⁿand gathered from many people on ^othe mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them ^pdwell safely. ⁹You will ascend, coming ^qlike a storm, covering the ^rland like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.”

¹⁰‘Thus says the Lord God: “On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan: ¹¹You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of ^sunwalled villages; I will ^tgo to a peaceful people, ^uwho dwell ⁴safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates’—¹²to take plunder and to take booty, to stretch out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited, ^vand against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land. ^13wSheba, ^xDedan, the merchants ^yof Tarshish, and all ^ztheir young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’ ” ’

¹⁴“Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^a“On that day when My people Israel ^bdwell safely, will you not know it? ^15cThen you will come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army. ¹⁶You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may ^dknow Me, when I am ^ehallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes.” ¹⁷Thus says the Lord God: “Are you he of whom I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied for years in those days that I would bring you against them?

Judgment on Gog

¹⁸“And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” says the Lord God, “that My fury will show in My face. ¹⁹For ^fin My jealousy ^gand in the fire of My wrath I have spoken: ^h‘Surely in that day there shall be a great ⁵earthquake in the land of Israel, ²⁰so that ⁱthe fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all men who are on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence. ^jThe mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.’ ²¹I will ^kcall for ^la sword against Gog throughout all My mountains,” says the Lord God. ^m“Every man’s sword will be against his brother. ²²And I will ⁿbring him to judgment with ^opestilence and bloodshed; ^pI will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, flooding rain, ^qgreat hailstones, fire, and brimstone. ²³Thus I will magnify Myself and ^rsanctify Myself, ^sand I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’

Gog’s Armies Destroyed

39“And ^ayou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, ¹the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal; ²and I will ^bturn you around and lead you on, ^cbringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel. ³Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand. ^4dYou shall ²fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; ^eI will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. ⁵You shall ³fall on ⁴the open field; for I have spoken,” says the Lord God. ^6f“And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live ⁵in security in ^gthe coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the Lord. ^7hSo I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them ⁱprofane My holy name anymore. ^jThen the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. ^8kSurely it is coming, and it shall be done,” says the Lord God. “This is the day ^lof which I have spoken.

⁹“Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the ⁶javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years. ¹⁰They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; ^mand they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them,” says the Lord God.

The Burial of Gog

¹¹“It will come to pass in that day that I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea; and it will obstruct travelers, because there they will bury Gog and all his multitude. Therefore they will call it the Valley of ⁷Hamon Gog. ¹²For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, ⁿin order to cleanse the land. ¹³Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain ^orenown for it on the day that ^pI am glorified,” says the Lord God. ¹⁴“They will set apart men regularly employed, with the help of ⁸a search party, to pass through the land and bury those bodies remaining on the ground, in order ^qto cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search. ¹⁵The search party will pass through the land; and when anyone sees a man’s bone, he shall ⁹set up a marker by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog. ¹⁶The name of the city will also be ¹Hamonah. Thus they shall ^rcleanse the land.” ’

A Triumphant Festival

¹⁷“And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God, ^s‘Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field:

^t“Assemble yourselves and come;

Gather together from all sides to My ^usacrificial meal

Which I am sacrificing for you,

A great sacrificial meal ^von the mountains of Israel,

That you may eat flesh and drink blood.

^18wYou shall eat the flesh of the mighty,

Drink the blood of the princes of the earth,

Of rams and lambs,

Of goats and bulls,

All of them ^xfatlings of Bashan.

¹⁹You shall eat fat till you are full,

And drink blood till you are drunk,

At My sacrificial meal

Which I am sacrificing for you.

^20yYou shall be filled at My table

With horses and riders,

^zWith mighty men

And with all the men of war,” says the Lord God.

Israel Restored to the Land

^21a“I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall see My judgment which I have executed, and ^bMy hand which I have laid on them. ^22cSo the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day forward. ^23dThe Gentiles shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they were unfaithful to Me, therefore ^eI hid My face from them. I ^fgave them into the hand of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword. ^24gAccording to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have dealt with them, and hidden My face from them.” ’