38:1
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
(38:2-20) Gog and Magaog
(38:2) "Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog ... and prophesy against him."
(38:3) "Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog."
38:2Son 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 the Lord 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:
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Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
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Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and
all his bands: and many people with thee.
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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.
38:10Thus saith the Lord 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:
(38:10) "Thus saith the Lord GOD ... 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,
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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?
(38:16) "Thou shalt come up against my people of Israel ... in the latter days, and
I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me ... O Gog."
(38:18-20) A whole lot of shaking going on
God will get so angry that his fury will come up in his face so that even the fish, birds, beasts,
and bugs will shake when they see him. God will throw a tantrum, toppling every
wall and mountain.
(38:18) "When Gog shall come against the
land of Israel, saith the Lord 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."
(38:21-23) God will cause each man's sword to be
against his brother; he will send disease and make it rain fire and brimstone.
By doing this he'll magnify and sanctify himself and let everyone
know that he is the Lord.
(38:21) "And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord 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 the LORD."
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Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know
it?
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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:
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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 the Lord 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 the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
38:19For 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;
38:20So 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.
38:21And I will call for a
sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every
man's sword shall be against his brother.
38:22And 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.
38:23Thus 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 the LORD.
