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Yechezkel - Ezekiel

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1. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2. "Son of man, set your face toward Gog, [toward] the

land of Magog, the prince, the head of Meshech and Tubal,

and prophesy concerning him.
3. And you shall say; So said the Lord God: Behold, I am

against you, Gog, the prince, the head of Meshech and

Tubal.
4. And I shall unbridle you, and I shall put hooks into your

jaws and bring you forth and all your army, horses and
riders, all of them clothed in finery, a great assembly, with
encompassing shield and buckler, all of them grasping
swords.
5. Persia, Cush, and Put are with them; all of them with

buckler and helmet.

6. Gomer and all its wings, the house of Togarmah, the

utmost parts of the north and all its wings, many peoples
with you.
7. Be prepared and make ready for yourself, you and all

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your assembly who are gathered about you, and you will
be to them for a guardian.
8. From many days you will be remembered; at the end of

the years you will come to a land [whose inhabitants]

returned from the sword, gathered from many peoples,
upon the mountains of Israel, which had been continually
laid waste, but it was liberated from the nations, and they
all dwelt securely.
9. And you will ascend; like mist you will come; like a

cloud to cover the earth you will be; you and all your wings
and many peoples with you.

10. So said the Lord God: It will come to pass on that day

that words will enter your heart and you will think a thought
of evil.

11. And you will say, "I shall ascend upon a land of open

cities; I shall come upon the tranquil, who dwell securely;

all of them living without a wall, and they have no bars or
doors.
12. To take spoil and to plunder loot, to return your hand

upon the resettled ruins and to a people gathered from

nations, acquiring livestock and possessions, dwelling on
the navel of the earth.
13. Sheba and Dedan and merchants of Tarshish and all

its magnates will say to you, "Are you coming to take spoil?
Have you assembled your assembly to plunder loot, to
carry off silver and gold, to take livestock and possessions,
to take much spoil?"
14. Therefore, prophesy, O son of man, and say to Gog,

So said the Lord God: Surely on that day, when My people

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dwells securely, you will know.

15. And you will come from your place, from the utmost

north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding
horses; a great assembly and a mighty army.

16. And you will ascend upon My people Israel like a cloud

to cover the earth; at the end of days it will be, and I shall
bring you upon My land in order that the nations recognize
Me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O
Gog.
17. So said the Lord God: Are you he about whom I spoke

in ancient days through My servants, the prophets of Israel

who prophesied in those days many years ago, to bring
you upon them.

18. And it will come to pass on that day, when Gog comes

against the land of Israel, declares the Lord God, that My

blazing indignation will flame in My nostrils.

19. For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have

spoken; Surely there shall be a great noise on that day in

the land of Israel.

20. And at My presence, the fishes of the sea and the

birds of the heaven and the beasts of the field and all the
creeping things that creep upon the earth and all the men
who are upon the surface of the earth shall quake, and all
the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall
to the ground.

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21. And I will call the sword against him upon all My

mountains, says the Lord God: every man's sword shall be

against his brother.
22. And I will judge against him with pestilence and with

blood, and rain bringing floods, and great hailstones, fire,

and brimstone will I rain down upon him and upon his
hordes and upon the many peoples that are with him.

23. And I will reveal Myself in My greatness and in My

holiness and will be recognized in the eyes of many

nations, and they will know that I am the Lord.

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