Ezekiel, 38

1. The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,

1. The word of the LORD came to me:

2. 'Son of man, turn towards Gog, to the country of Magog, towards the paramount prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.

2. "Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him

3. Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I am against you, Gog, paramount prince of Meshech and Tubal.

3. and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal;

4. I shall turn you about, I shall fix hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your entire army, horses and horsemen, all perfectly equipped, a huge array armed with shields and bucklers, and all wielding swords.

4. and I will turn you about, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords;

5. Persia and Cush and Put are with them, all with buckler and helmet;

5. Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

6. Gomer and all its troops, Beth-Togarmah in the far north and all its troops, and many nations with you.

6. Gomer and all his hordes; Beth-togar'mah from the uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes -- many peoples are with you.

7. Be ready, be well prepared, you and all your troops and the others rallying to you, and hold yourself at my service.

7. "Be ready and keep ready, you and all the hosts that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them.

8. "Many days will pass before you are given orders; in the final years you will march on this country, whose inhabitants will have been living in confidence, remote from other peoples, since they escaped the sword and were gathered in from various nations, here in the long-deserted mountains of Israel.

8. After many days you will be mustered; in the latter years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the land where people were gathered from many nations upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste; its people were brought out from the nations and now dwell securely, all of them.

9. Like a storm you will approach, you will advance and cover the country like a cloud, you, all your troops and many nations with you.

9. You will advance, coming on like a storm, you will be like a cloud covering the land you and all your hordes, and many peoples with you.

10. "The Lord Yahweh says this: That day, a thought will enter your mind and you will form a sinister plan.

10. "Thus says the Lord GOD: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme

11. You will think: I shall attack this undefended country and march on this peaceful nation living secure, all living in towns without walls or bars or gates.

11. and say, `I will go up against the land of unwalled villages; I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates';

12. You will come to plunder and loot and turn your might against the ruins they live in, against this people gathered back from the nations, these stock-breeders and traders who live at the Navel of the World.

12. to seize spoil and carry off plunder; to assail the waste places which are now inhabited, and the people who were gathered from the nations, who have gotten cattle and goods, who dwell at the center of the earth.

13. Sheba and Dedan, the merchants and all the magnates of Tarshish will ask you: Have you come for plunder? Are you massing your troops with a view to looting? To make off with gold and silver, seize cattle and goods, and come away with unlimited spoil?"

13. Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its villages 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 cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?'

14. 'So, son of man, prophesy. Say to Gog, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Is it not true that you will set out at a time when my people Israel is living secure?

14. "Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord GOD: On that day when my people Israel are dwelling securely, you will bestir yourself

15. You will leave your home in the far north, you and many nations with you, a great army of countless troops all mounted.

15. and come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army;

16. You will invade Israel, my people. You will be like a cloud covering the country. In the final days, I myself shall bring you to attack my country, so that the nations will know who I am, when I display my holiness to them, by means of you, Gog.

16. you will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

17. "The Lord Yahweh says this: It was of you that I spoke in the past through my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days, foretelling your invasion.

17. "Thus says the Lord GOD: Are you he of whom I spoke in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who in those days prophesied for years that I would bring you against them?

18. The day Gog attacks the land of Israel -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- my furious wrath will boil up. In my anger,

18. But on that day, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord GOD, my wrath will be roused.

19. in my jealousy, in the heat of my fury I say it: That day, I swear, there will be such a huge earthquake in the land of Israel,

19. For in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

20. that the fish in the sea and the birds of heaven, the wild beasts, all the reptiles creeping along the ground, and all people on the surface of the earth will quake before me. Mountains will fall, cliffs crumble, all walls collapse, and

20. the fish of the sea, and the birds of the air, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall quake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground.

21. I shall summon every kind of sword against him -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- and each will turn his sword against his comrade.

21. I will summon every kind of terror against Gog, says the Lord GOD; every man's sword will be against his brother.

22. I shall punish him with plague and bloodshed, and rain down torrential rain, hailstones, fire and brimstone on him, on his troops and on the many nations with him.

22. With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples that are with him, torrential rains and hailstones, fire and brimstone.

23. I shall display my greatness and holiness and bring the many nations to acknowledge me; and they will know that I am Yahweh." '

23. So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.