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PROPHETS
38:17–39:11
in the distant future, I will bring you against my land as everyone watches,
and my holiness will be displayed by what happens to you, Gog. Then all
the nations will know that I am the Lord.
“This is what the Sovereign Lord asks: Are you the one I was talking
about long ago, when I announced through Israel’s prophets that in the
future I would bring you against my people? But this is what the Sover
eign Lord says: When Gog invades the land of Israel, my fury will boil
over! In my jealousy and blazing anger, I promise a mighty shaking in the
land of Israel on that day. All living things—the fish in the sea, the birds
of the sky, the animals of the field, the small animals that scurry along the
ground, and all the people on earth—will quake in terror at my presence.
Mountains will be thrown down; cliffs will crumble; walls will fall to the
earth. I will summon the sword against you on all the hills of Israel, says
the Sovereign Lord. Your men will turn their swords against each other.
I will punish you and your armies with disease and bloodshed; I will send
torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur! In this way, I will show
my greatness and holiness, and I will make myself known to all the nations
of the world. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
“Son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the
Sovereign Lord: I am your enemy, O Gog, ruler of the nations of Meshech
and Tubal. I will turn you around and drive you toward the mountains of
Israel, bringing you from the distant north. I will knock the bow from your
left hand and the arrows from your right hand, and I will leave you help
less. You and your army and your allies will all die on the mountains. I will
feed you to the vultures and wild animals. You will fall in the open fields,
for I have spoken, says the Sovereign Lord. And I will rain down fire on
Magog and on all your allies who live safely on the coasts. Then they will
know that I am the Lord.
“In this way, I will make known my holy name among my people of Israel.
I will not let anyone bring shame on it. And the nations, too, will know that
I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. That day of judgment will come,
says the Sovereign Lord. Everything will happen just as I have declared it.
“Then the people in the towns of Israel will go out and pick up your
small and large shields, bows and arrows, javelins and spears, and they will
use them for fuel. There will be enough to last them seven years! They
won’t need to cut wood from the fields or forests, for these weapons will
give them all the fuel they need. They will plunder those who planned to
plunder them, and they will rob those who planned to rob them, says the
Sovereign Lord.
“And I will make a vast graveyard for Gog and his hordes in the Valley
of the Travelers, east of the Dead Sea. It will block the way of those who
travel there, and they will change the name of the place to the Valley of
