Jehovah”s Ultimate Victory over the Hostile Heathen Powers

38 This word of Jehovah also came to me, 2 Son of man, turn thy face against Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshach, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 and say, ’Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: ‘Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshach, and Tubal, 4 and I will turn thee about, and I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will lead thee forth together with all thine army, horses, and horsemen, clad in complete armor, a mighty host with shield and buckler, all of them armed with swords, 5 Paras, Cush, and Put with them, all with buckler and helmet, 6 Gomer and all its hordes, the house of Togarmah, from the extreme north, and all his hordes, many peoples with thee. 7 Be prepared, yea, hold thyself ready, thou and all thy host assembled with thee, and be a reserve for me, 8 after many days thou wilt be mustered forth, after many years thou shalt come against the land that has been restored from desolation, to a people gathered from many nations, against the mountains of Israel which were a continual desolation; but she has been brought out from the nations, and all of them are dwelling in safety. 9 Thou shalt go up like a storm, like a cloud shalt thou cover the land,’ thou and all thy host, and the many peoples with thee.’ ”

10 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: "On that day plans will come into thy mind and thou wilt form an evil design, 11 and say, I will go up into a land of villages, I will go to those who are friendly, who dwell in security, all of them, dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates— 12 to take spoil, to carry off prey, to turn thy hand against the wastes that have been repeopled, against the people gathered from the nations, having acquired possessions and prop- erty, dwelling at the centre of the earth. 13 Sheba and Dedan and their mer- chants, Tarsish and all her traders will say to thee, Art thou come to get spoil? Hast thou gathered thy host to carry off spoil, to take silver and gold, to seize possessions and property, to gather much plunder?’ ”

14 Therefore prophesy, O son of man, and say to Gog, “Thus saith Jehovah: ‘Wilt thou not at that time, when my people Israel are dwelling in security, bestir thy self, 15 and come from thy place, from the extreme north, thou and many peoples with thee, all riding on horses, a mighty host, a vast army? 16 And wilt thou not come up after many days against my people Israel like a cloud to cover the land? Yea, I will bring thee up against my land, that the nations may know what I am, when through thee I show myself to be holy in their sight.’’

17 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: “Art thou not he of whom I declared in former days, through my servants, the prophets of Israel, who in those days prophesied through the years that I would bring thee against them? 18 And on that day, the day when Gog cometh against the land of Israel,” is the oracle of the Lord Jehovah, “then will my fury be thoroughly aroused, 19 yea, in my jealousy, the heat of my wrath I declare: Verily on that day there shall be a great earthquake upon the land of Israel; 20 all the fishes of the sea and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the fields, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all men, who are on the face of the earth, shall tremble at my presence. And the mountains shall be torn apart and the cliffs shall topple over, and every wall shall fall to the ground. 21 And I will summon every terror against him,” is the oracle of Jehovah; “every man”s sword shall be against his brother! 22 And with pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment against him; and I will rain upon him and upon his hordes and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing flood, and hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 And I will show my greatness and sanctity in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am Jehovah.”

39 And thou, Son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ’Thus saith Jehovah: "Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshach and Tubal; 2 and I will turn thee about and lead thee forth, and will cause thee to come up from the extreme north, and I will bring thee against the mountains of Israel; 3 And I will smite thy bow from thy left hand, and will cause the arrows to fall from thy right hand. 4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel—thou, and all thy hordes, and the peoples that are with thee. I will give thee to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. 5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field; for I have spoken it,’ saith Jehovah. 6 And I will send a fire on Gog,! and on those who dwell securely in the coast-lands; and they shall know that I am Jehovah. 7 And my holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel; neither will I suffer my holy name to be profaned any more; and the nations shall know that I, Jehovah, am holy in Israel.

5 Behold, it cometh, and it shall be done,’ is the oracle of the Lord Jehovah; ‘this is the day of which I have spoken. 9 And they who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons, and burn them, both the bucklers and the shields, the bows and arrows, the pikes and spears, and they shall use them as firewood seven years, 10 so that they shall take no wood out of the forests; for they shall use the weapons as firewood; and they shall plunder those who plundered them, and prey upon those who preyed upon them, is the oracle of Jehovah.

11 And in that day I will give to Gog a renowned place as a grave in Israel, the valley of Abarim! on the east of the sea; and there shall they bury Gog and his multitude; and they shall call it the valley of Hamon-Gog. 12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land. 13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall bring to them renown in the day when I show forth my glory,’ is the oracle of Jehovah. 14 And they shall set apart men who shall be continually employed in passing through the land, and in bringing those who remain on the face of the land in order to cleanse it,’ is the oracle of Jehovah. "After the end of seven months they shall search. 15 And they who pass through the land shall pass through, and when anyone sees a man”s bone, he shall set up a sign by it until the buriers bury it in the valley of Hamon-Gog. 16 And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus they shall cleanse the land.’’

17 And thou, son of man, speak to birds of every sort and to every beast of the field, “Thus saith Jehovah: ‘Assemble, and come; gather from every side to my sacrifice, that I am about to sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood. 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, of goats, and of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full and drink blood till ye be aetneen of my sacrificial feast which I have prepared for you. 20 And ye shall be filled at my table with horses and riders, with mighty men and all men of war,’ is the oracle of Jehovah.

21 ‘’Thus I will establish my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see the judgment which I execute, and the hand which I lay upon them. 22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am their God, from that day and for- ward. 23 And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them; so I gave them into the hands of their adversaries and they all fell by the sword; 24 according to their uncleanness, and according to their transgres- sions I punished them, and hid my face from them.’ ”

25 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah; “Now I will bring back the cap- tivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name. 26 And they shall forget their shame and all their infidelity which they showed toward me, when they dwell securely in their land, with none to make them afraid, 27 when I bring them back from the peoples, and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, and through them show my sanctity in the sight of many nations. 28 And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the na- tions, and have gathered them to their own land; and I will leave none of them any more there; 29 neither will I hide my face any longer from them; for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel,” is the oracle of the Lord Jehovah.