Ezekiel 38:1–16

Invasion by Gog

³⁸The word of the Lord came to me: ²Mortal, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him^{* 3}and say: Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; ⁴I will turn you around and put hooks into your jaws, and I will lead you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company, all of them with shield and buckler, wielding swords.^{* 5}Paras, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with buckler and helmet;^{* 6}Gomer and all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remotest parts of the north with all its troops—many peoples are with you.^*

⁷Be ready and keep ready, you and all the companies that are assembled around you, and take command of them.^{w 8}After many days you shall be mustered; in the latter years you shall go against a land restored from war, a land where people were gathered from many nations on the mountains of Israel, which had long lain waste; its people were brought out from the nations and now are living in safety, all of them.^{* 9}You shall advance, coming on like a storm; you shall be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.^*

¹⁰Thus says the Lord God: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme.^{* 11}You will say, “I will go up against the land of unwalled villages; I will fall upon the quiet people who live in safety, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates,^{* 12}to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to assail the waste places that are now inhabited and the people who were gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center^x of the earth.”^{* 13}Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its young warriors^y will say to you, “Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your horde to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to seize a great amount of spoil?”^*

¹⁴Therefore, mortal, prophesy and say to Gog: Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are living securely, you will rouse yourself^{z* 15}and come from your place out of the remotest parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army;^{* 16}you will come up against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, I display my holiness before their eyes.^*