Ezekiel 38 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Prophecy about Gog and Future Invasion of Israel

Now the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came^H1961 to me, saying^H559,

Eze 38:2“Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

Eze 38:3

Eze 38:3and say, ‘This is what the Lord [fn]GOD says: “Behold, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

Eze 38:4

Eze 38:4“So I will turn you around and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them magnificently dressed, a great contingent with shield and [fn]buckler, all of them wielding swords;

Eze 38:5

Eze 38:5Persia, [fn]Cush, and Put with them, all of them with buckler and helmet;

Eze 38:6

Eze 38:6Gomer with all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops—many peoples with you.

Eze 38:7

“Be^H3559 ready^H3559, and be^H3559 prepared^H3559, you and all^H3605 your contingents^H6951 that are assembled^H6950 around^H5921 you, and be a guard^H4929 for them.

Eze 38:8

Eze 38:8“After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many [fn]nations to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual place of ruins; but [fn]its people were brought out from the [fn]nations, and they are living securely, all of them.

Eze 38:9

Eze 38:9“And you will go up, you will come like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.”

Eze 38:10

‘This^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3068 says^H559: “It will come^H1961 about^H1961 on that day^H3117, that [fn]thoughts^H1697 will come^H5927 into your mind^H3824 and you will devise^H2803 an evil^H7451 plan^H4284,

Eze 38:11

Eze 38:11and you will say, ‘I will go up against the land of [fn]unwalled villages. I will go against those who are at rest, who live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates,

Eze 38:12

Eze 38:12to capture spoils and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the ruins that are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who live at the [fn]center of the world.’

Eze 38:13

Eze 38:13“Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its [fn]villages will say to you, ‘Have you come to capture spoils? Have you assembled your contingent to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to capture great spoils?’”’

Eze 38:14

“Therefore^H3651 prophesy^H5012, son^H1121 of man^H120, and say^H559 to Gog^H1463, ‘This^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3068 says^H559: “On that day^H3117 when My people^H5971 Israel^H3478 are living^H3427 securely^H983, will you not know^H3045 it?

Eze 38:15

Eze 38:15“You will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding horses, a large assembly and a mighty army;

Eze 38:16

Eze 38:16and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy through you before their eyes, Gog.”

Eze 38:17

‘This^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3068 says^H559: “Are you the one^H1931 of whom^H834 I spoke^H1696 in former^H6931 days^H3117 through^H3027 My servants^H5650 the prophets^H5030 of Israel^H3478, who prophesied^H5012 in those^H1992 days^H3117 for many years^H8141 that I would bring^H935 you against^H5921 them?

Eze 38:18

Eze 38:18“It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” declares the Lord GOD, “that My fury will mount up in My anger.

Eze 38:19

Eze 38:19“In My zeal and in My blazing wrath I declare that on that day there will certainly be a great [fn]earthquake in the land of Israel.

Eze 38:20

Eze 38:20“The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, all the crawling things that crawl on the earth, and all mankind who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence; and the mountains will be thrown down, the steep pathways will [fn]collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.

Eze 38:21

Eze 38:21“And I will call for a sword against [fn]him on all My mountains,” declares the Lord GOD. “Every man’s sword will be against his brother.

Eze 38:22

Eze 38:22“With plague and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, [fn]a torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

Eze 38:23

Eze 38:23“So I will prove Myself great, show Myself holy, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the LORD.”’

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NASB20 Footnotes

(38:3)

Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the ch

I.e., small shield

Or Ethiopia

Lit peoples

Lit it was

Lit peoples

Lit words

Or open country

Lit navel

As in ancient versions; MT young lions

Or shaking

Lit fall

I.e., Gog

Lit an overflowing

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