Ezekiel 38

1 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say

A message from the Lord came to me, saying,

2 son: child man to set: make face your to(wards) Gog land: country/planet [the] Magog leader prince Meshech and Tubal and to prophesy upon him

“Son of man, face towards Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him

3 and to say thus to say Lord YHWH/God look! I to(wards) you Gog leader prince Meshech and Tubal

and declare that this is what the Lord God says: Watch out, I am condemning you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

4 and to return: return you and to give: put hook in/on/with jaw your and to come out: send [obj] you and [obj] all strength: soldiers your horse and horseman to clothe perfection all their assembly many shield and shield to capture sword all their

I will send you in a different direction, put hooks in your jaws, and drag you out with your whole army, including your horses, your horsemen in uniform, and a host of men with large and small shields and bucklers, all waving their swords.

5 Persia Cush and Put with them all their shield and helmet

Soldiers from Persia, Cush, and Put will join them, all equipped with shields and helmets,

6 Gomer and all band her Beth-(togarmah) (Beth)-togarmah flank north and [obj] all band his people many with you

together with Gomer and all its armies, as well as Beth-togarmah from the distant places of the north with all its armies—and many other nations that join with you.

7 to establish: prepare and to establish: prepare to/for you you(m. s.) and all assembly your [the] to gather upon you and to be to/for them to/for custody

Get ready! Make sure you and your whole army with you is prepared. You're the one in charge of them.

8 from day many to reckon: list in/on/with end [the] year to come (in): come to(wards) land: country/planet to return: rescue from sword to gather from people many upon mountain: mount Israel which to be to/for desolation continually and he/she/it from people to come out: send and to dwell to/for security all their

A long time later you will be called to battle. In the final years you will invade a country that has recovered from war. Its people will have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had been abandoned for a long time. They had been brought back from the nations, and were all living in safety.

9 and to ascend: rise like/as devastation to come (in): come like/as cloud to/for to cover [the] land: country/planet to be you(m. s.) and all band your and people many with you

You and your whole army, and the armies of many nations with you, will advance like an incoming storm, like a cloud that covers the land.

10 thus to say Lord YHWH/God and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to ascend: rise word: thing upon heart your and to devise: devise plot bad: evil

This is what the Lord God says: On that day you will start thinking about things in your mind, and you will come up with an evil plan.

11 and to say to ascend: rise upon land: country/planet village to come (in): come [the] to quiet to dwell to/for security all their to dwell in/on/with nothing wall and bar and door nothing to/for them

You tell yourself, ‘I'm going to attack a country of undefended villages, a peaceful people who don't suspect an attack. They all live in towns without defensive walls or barred gates.

12 to/for to loot spoil and to/for to plunder plunder to/for to return: return hand: power your upon desolation to dwell and to(wards) people to gather from nation to make: offer livestock and acquisition to dwell upon highest [the] land: country/planet

I'll be able to loot them—I'll rob them of their possessions. I'll attack those places that were once ruined but now are inhabited again. I'll attack a people brought back from the other nations, who now own livestock and possessions, living in the center of the country.’

13 Sheba and Dedan and to trade Tarshish and all lion her to say to/for you to/for to loot spoil you(m. s.) to come (in): come to/for to plunder plunder to gather assembly your to/for to lift: bear silver: money and gold to/for to take: take livestock and acquisition to/for to loot spoil great: large

Sheba and Dedan and the traders from Tarshish with all its strong leaders will ask, ‘Are you going to loot the place? Have you gathered your armies to rob them, to carry away silver and gold, to take cattle and possessions—to grab a great deal of plunder?’

14 to/for so to prophesy son: child man and to say to/for Gog thus to say Lord YHWH/God not in/on/with day [the] he/she/it in/on/with to dwell people my Israel to/for security to know

So prophesy, son of man, and tell Gog that this is what the Lord God says: On the day you attack aren't you going to notice that my people Israel are unsuspecting?

15 and to come (in): come from place your from flank north you(m. s.) and people many with you to ride horse all their assembly great: large and strength: soldiers many

You'll advance from your place in the distant north, you and your many allies, everyone riding horses, a huge number of men, a massive army.

16 and to ascend: rise upon people my Israel like/as cloud to/for to cover [the] land: country/planet in/on/with end [the] day to be and to come (in): bring you upon land: country/planet my because to know [the] nation [obj] me in/on/with to consecrate: holiness I in/on/with you to/for eye their Gog

You will attack my people Israel like a cloud that covers the land. Gog, in the last days I will send you to attack my land, so that the nations may acknowledge me as holy when I reveal myself to them by what I do through you.

17 thus to say Lord YHWH/God you(m. s.) he/she/it which to speak: speak in/on/with day eastern: older in/on/with hand: by servant/slave my prophet Israel [the] to prophesy in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) year to/for to come (in): bring [obj] you upon them

This is what the Lord God says: Aren't you the one of whom I spoke about long ago through my servants, the prophets of Israel? During that time didn't they prophesy for years that I would have you come and attack them?

18 and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it in/on/with day to come (in): come Gog upon land: soil Israel utterance Lord YHWH/God to ascend: rise rage my in/on/with face: anger my

Now on that day, the day when Gog comes to attack the country of Israel, I will become very angry, declares the Lord God.

19 and in/on/with jealousy my in/on/with fire fury my to speak: promise if: surely yes not in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to be quaking great: large upon land: soil Israel

In my passionate, furious anger I announce that at that time a violent earthquake will hit of the country of Israel.

20 and to shake from face: because my fish [the] sea and bird [the] heaven and living thing [the] land: country and all [the] creeping [the] to creep upon [the] land: soil and all [the] man which upon face [the] land: planet and to overthrow [the] mountain: mount and to fall: fall [the] steep and all wall to/for land: soil to fall: fall

Everything that lives on the earth will tremble at my presence—the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the wild animals, every creature that runs upon the ground, and every human being. The mountains will be torn down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will be knocked to the ground.

21 and to call: call to upon him to/for all mountain: mount my sword utterance Lord YHWH/God sword man: anyone in/on/with brother: compatriot his to be

I will call for an attack on Gog from all my mountains, declares the Lord God. Everyone will attack his brother with sword.

22 and to judge with him in/on/with pestilence and in/on/with blood and rain to overflow and stone hail fire and brimstone to rain upon him and upon band his and upon people many which with him

I will punish him with disease and bloodshed. I will send rainstorms, hailstones, fire, and sulfur down on him and his army, and on the armies of his many allies.

23 and to magnify and to consecrate: holiness and to know to/for eye nation many and to know for I LORD

I will demonstrate my true power and holiness, revealing myself to many nations. Then they will acknowledge that I am the Lord.”