38:1 And the word of Yehovah came to me,
saying,
38:2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, and the land of Magog, Rhos,
prince of Mesoch and Thobel, and prophesy against him,
38:3 and say to him, Thus saith Yehovah Elohim; Behold, I am against thee,
Rhos prince of Mesoch and Thobel:
38:4 and I will gather thee, and all thine host, horses and horsemen, all
wearing breast-plates, with a great multitude, shields and helmets and
swords:
38:5 Persians, and Ethiopians, and Libyans; all with helmets and shields.
38:6 Gomer, and all belonging to him; the house of Thorgama, from the end of
the north, and all belonging to him; and many nations with thee.
38:7 Be thou prepared, prepare thyself, thou, and all thy multitude that is
assembled with thee, and thou shalt be to me for a guard.
38:8 He shall be prepared after many days, and he shall come at the end of
years, and shall come to a land that is brought back from the sword, when
[the people] are gathered from many nations against the land of Israel,
which was entirely desolate: and he is come forth out of the nations, and
they shall all dwell securely.
38:9 And thou shalt go up as rain, and shalt arrive as a cloud to cover the
land, and there shall be thou, and all that are about thee, and many nations
with thee.
38:10 Thus saith Yehovah Elohim; It shall also come to pass in that day, that
thoughts shall come up into thine heart, and thou shalt devise evil devices.
38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the rejected land; I will come
upon them that are at ease in tranquility, and dwelling in peace, all
inhabiting a land in which there is no wall, nor bars, nor have they doors;
38:12 to seize plunder, and to take their spoil; to turn my hands against
the desolate land that is [now] inhabited, and against a nation that is
gathered from many nations, that have acquired property, dwelling in the
midst of the land.
38:13 Sabba, and Daedan, and Carthaginian merchants, and all their villages
shall say to thee, Thou art come for plunder to take a prey, and to get
spoils: thou hast gathered thy multitude to take silver and gold, to carry
off property, to take spoils.
38:14 Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, Thus saith Yehovah;
Wilt thou not arise in that day, when my people Israel are dwelling
securely,
38:15 and come out of thy place from the farthest north, and many nations
with thee? all of them mounted on horses, a great gathering, and a large
force?
38:16 And thou shalt come up upon my people Israel as a cloud to cover the
land; it shall come to pass I the last days, that I will bring thee up upon
my land, that all the nations may know me, when I am sanctified in thee
before them.
38:17 Thus saith Yehovah Elohim, to Gog; Thou art [he] concerning whom I spoke
in former times, by the hand of my servants the prophets of Israel, in those
days and years, that I would bring thee up against them.
38:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, in the day when Gog shall come
against the Land of Israel, saith Yehovah Elohim,
38:19 [that] my wrath and my jealousy shall arise, I have spoken in the fire
of mine anger, verily in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land
of Israel;
38:20 and the fish of the sea shall quake at the presence of Yehovah, and
the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the field, and all the reptiles
that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are on the face of the
earth; and the mountains shall be rent, and the valleys shall fall, and
every wall on the land shall fall.
38:21 And I will summon against it even every fear, saith Yehovah: the
sword of [every] man shall be against his brother.
38:22 And I will judge him with pestilence, and blood, and sweeping rain,
and hailstones; and I will rain upon him fire and brimstone, and upon all
that are with him, and upon many nations with him.
38:23 And I will be magnified, and sanctified, and glorified; and I will be
known in the presence of many nations, and they shall know that I am the
Lord. |
38:1 And the word of Yehovah came unto me,
saying,
38:2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief
prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
38:3 And say, Thus saith Yehovah GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
38:4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will
bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them
clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and
shields, all of them handling swords:
38:5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and
helmet:
38:6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters,
and all his bands: and many people with thee.
38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company
that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
38:8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt
come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out
of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always
waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell
safely all of them.
38:9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to
cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
38:10 Thus saith Yehovah GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same
time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
38:11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I
will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling
without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
38:12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the
desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are
gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell
in the midst of the land.
38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young
lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou
gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take
away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
38:14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith Yehovah
GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not
know it?
38:15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and
many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and
a mighty army:
38:16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to
cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee
against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in
thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
38:17 Thus saith Yehovah GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time
by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many
years that I would bring thee against them?
38:18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against
the land of Israel, saith Yehovah GOD, that my fury shall come up in my
face.
38:19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely
in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
38:20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the
beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and
all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence,
and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and
every wall shall fall to the ground.
38:21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains,
saith Yehovah GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I
will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are
with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known
in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am Yehovah. |