Eze 38 | ESV | STEP | The word of the Lord came to me:

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^a“Son of man, ^bset your face toward ^cGog, of the land of ^dMagog, the ^echief prince of ^fMeshech ^{▼▼Or Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech} and ^hTubal, and ⁱprophesy against him 3 and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, ^jI am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech ^{▼▼Or Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech} and Tubal. 4 ^lAnd I will turn you about and ^mput hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and ⁿall your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords. 5 ^oPersia, ^pCush, and ^qPut are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; 6 ^rGomer and all his ^shordes; ^tBeth-togarmah from ^uthe uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes— ^vmany peoples are with you.

7 ^w“Be ready and keep ready, you and all your hosts that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them. 8 ^xAfter many days you will be mustered. ^yIn the latter years you will go against ^zthe land that is restored from war, the land whose people ^aawere gathered from many peoples upon ^abthe mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and ^acnow dwell securely, all of them. 9 You will advance, coming on ^adlike a storm. You will be ^aelike a cloud covering the land, you and all your ^afhordes, and many peoples with you.

10 “Thus says the Lord God: On that day, ^agthoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme 11 and say, ‘I will go up against ^ahthe land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon ^aithe quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’ 12 to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against ^ajthe waste places that are now inhabited, and ^akthe people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, ^alwho dwell at the center of the earth. 13 ^amSheba and ^anDedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all ^aoits leaders ^{▼▼Hebrew young lions} will say to you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?’

14 “Therefore, ^aqson of man, prophesy, and say to ^arGog, Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are ^asdwelling securely, ^atwill you not know it? 15 You will come from your place out of ^authe uttermost parts of the north, you and ^avmany peoples with you, ^awall of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army. 16 You will come up against my people Israel, ^axlike a cloud covering the land. ^ayIn the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, ^azI vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

17 “Thus says the Lord God: Are you ^bahe of whom I spoke in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who in those days prophesied for years that I would bring you against them? 18 But on that day, the day that Gog shall come against the land of Israel, declares the Lord God, ^bbmy wrath will be roused in my anger. 19 For ^bcin my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day ^bdthere shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20 ^beThe fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the people who are on the face of the earth, ^bfshall quake at my presence. And ^bgthe mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground. 21 ^bhI will summon a sword against Gog ^{▼▼Hebrew against him} on all my mountains, declares the Lord God. ^bjEvery man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 With pestilence and bloodshed ^bkI will enter into judgment with him, and ^blI will rain upon him and ^bmhis hordes and the many peoples who are with him ^bntorrential rains and hailstones, ^bofire and sulfur. 23 So I will show my greatness and my ^bpholiness and ^bqmake myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then ^brthey will know that I am the Lord.