The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Ezekiel 38
1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, set your face toward Gog,
of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh,
Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against
him,
3 and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold,
I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh,
Meshech, and Tubal.
4 I will turn you around, and put hooks
into your jaws, and I will bring you out,
with all your army, horses and horsemen,
all of them clothed in full armor, a great
company with buckler and shield, all of
them handling swords;
5 Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of
them with shield and helmet;
6 Gomer, and all his hordes; the house
of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the
north, and all his hordes—even many peoples with you.
7 Be prepared, yes, prepare yourself,
you, and all your companies who are
assembled to you, and be a guard to them.
8 After many days you will be visited.
In the latter years you will come into the
land that is brought back from the sword,
that is gathered out of many peoples, on
the mountains ofIsrael, which have been a
continual waste; butitis brought out ofthe
peoples and they will dwell securely, all of
them.
9 You will ascend. You will come like a
storm. You will be like a cloud to cover the
land, you and all your hordes, and many
peoples with you.”
10 “ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “It will
happen in that day that things will come into
your mind, and you will devise an evil
plan.
11 You will say, ‘I will go up to the land
of unwalled villages. I will go to those
who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of
them dwelling without walls, and having
neither bars nor gates,
12 to take the plunder and to take prey;
to turn your hand against the waste places
that are inhabited, and against the people
who are gathered out of the nations,
who have gotten livestock and goods, who
dwell in the middle of the earth.’
13 Sheba, Dedan, and the merchants of
Tarshish, with all its young lions, will ask
you, ‘Have you come to take the plunder?
Have you assembled your company to take
the prey, to carry away silver and gold,
to take away livestock and goods, to take
great plunder?’
14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy,
and tell Gog, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “In
that day when my people Israel dwells securely,
will you not know it?
15 You will 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 company and a mighty
army.
16 You will come up against my people
Israel as a cloud to cover the land. It will
happen in the latter days that I will bring
you against my land, that the nations may
know me when I am sanctified in you, Gog,
before their eyes.”
17 “ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Are you he
of whom I spoke in old time by my servants
the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in
those days for years that I would bring you
against them?
18 It will happen in that day, when Gog
comes against the land of Israel,” says the
Lord Yahweh, “that my wrath will come up
into my nostrils.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of
my wrath I have spoken. Surely in that day
there will be a great shaking in the land of
Israel,
20 so that the fish of the sea, the birds
of the sky, the animals of the field, all
creeping things who creep on the earth,
and all the men who are on the surface of
the earth will shake at my presence. Then
the mountains will be thrown down, the
steep places will fall, and every wall will
fall to the ground.
21 I will call for a sword against him to
all my mountains,” says the Lord Yahweh.
“Every man’s sword will be against his
brother.
22 I will enter into judgment with him
with pestilence and with blood. I will rain
on him, on his hordes, and on the many
peoples who are with him, torrential rains
with great hailstones, fire, and sulfur.
23 I will magnify myself and sanctify myself,
and I will make myself known in the
eyes of many nations. Then they will
know that I am Yahweh.