...interesting God that would sacrifice his only
begotten son so the newly reunited nation of Israel
could fulfill Bible prophecy. I'm guessing this may
not end well for anyone...
...just a "guess", not a prophecy. For the record,
this really doesn't sound like a God that has his act
together...
...or more likely, those that actually wrote these
lines.
Ezekiel 38-39
New International Version
The Lord’s Great Victory Over the Nations
38 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set
your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief
prince of[a] Meshek and Tubal; prophesy against him 3
and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am
against you, Gog, chief prince of[b] Meshek and Tubal.
4 I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and
bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your
horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and
small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. 5
Persia, Cush[c] and Put will be with them, all with
shields and helmets, 6 also Gomer with all its troops,
and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its
troops—the many nations with you.
7 “‘Get ready; be prepared, you and all the hordes
gathered about you, and take command of them. 8 After
many days you will be called to arms. In future years
you will invade a land that has recovered from war,
whose people were gathered from many nations to the
mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They
had been brought out from the nations, and now all of
them live in safety. 9 You and all your troops and the
many nations with you will go up, advancing like a
storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.
10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day
thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise
an evil scheme. 11 You will say, “I will invade a land
of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and
unsuspecting people—all of them living without walls
and without gates and bars. 12 I will plunder and loot
and turn my hand against the resettled ruins and the
people gathered from the nations, rich in livestock and
goods, living at the center of the land.[d]” 13 Sheba
and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all her
villages[e] will say to you, “Have you come to plunder?
Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off
silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and
to seize much plunder?”’
14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog:
‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In that day,
when my people Israel are living in safety, will you
not take notice of it? 15 You will come from your place
in the far north, you and many nations with you, all of
them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army. 16
You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud
that covers the land. In days to come, Gog, I will
bring you against my land, so that the nations may know
me when I am proved holy through you before their eyes.
17 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You are the
one I spoke of in former days by my servants the
prophets of Israel. At that time they prophesied for
years that I would bring you against them. 18 This is
what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land
of Israel, my hot anger will be aroused, declares the
Sovereign Lord. 19 In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare
that at that time there shall be a great earthquake in
the land of Israel. 20 The fish in the sea, the birds
in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature
that moves along the ground, and all the people on the
face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The
mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble
and every wall will fall to the ground. 21 I will
summon a sword against Gog on all my mountains,
declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be
against his brother. 22 I will execute judgment on him
with plague and bloodshed; I will pour down torrents of
rain, hailstones and burning sulfur on him and on his
troops and on the many nations with him. 23 And so I
will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make
myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they
will know that I am the Lord.’
39 “Son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: ‘This is
what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog,
chief prince of[f] Meshek and Tubal. 2 I will turn you
around and drag you along. I will bring you from the
far north and send you against the mountains of Israel.
3 Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and
make your arrows drop from your right hand. 4 On the
mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your
troops and the nations with you. I will give you as
food to all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild
animals. 5 You will fall in the open field, for I have
spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. 6 I will send fire
on Magog and on those who live in safety in the
coastlands, and they will know that I am the Lord.
7 “‘I will make known my holy name among my people
Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned,
and the nations will know that I the Lord am the Holy
One in Israel. 8 It is coming! It will surely take
place, declares the Sovereign Lord. This is the day I
have spoken of.
9 “‘Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go
out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up—the
small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war
clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them
for fuel. 10 They will not need to gather wood from the
fields or cut it from the forests, because they will
use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder those
who plundered them and loot those who looted them,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
11 “‘On that day I will give Gog a burial place in
Israel, in the valley of those who travel east of the
Sea. It will block the way of travelers, because Gog
and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be
called the Valley of Hamon Gog.[g]
12 “‘For seven months the Israelites will be burying
them in order to cleanse the land. 13 All the people of
the land will bury them, and the day I display my glory
will be a memorable day for them, declares the
Sovereign Lord. 14 People will be continually employed
in cleansing the land. They will spread out across the
land and, along with others, they will bury any bodies
that are lying on the ground.
“‘After the seven months they will carry out a more
detailed search. 15 As they go through the land, anyone
who sees a human bone will leave a marker beside it
until the gravediggers bury it in the Valley of Hamon
Gog, 16 near a town called Hamonah.[h] And so they will
cleanse the land.’
17 “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
Call out to every kind of bird and all the wild
animals: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to
the sacrifice I am preparing for you, the great
sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. There you will
eat flesh and drink blood. 18 You will eat the flesh of
mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the
earth as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bulls—
all of them fattened animals from Bashan. 19 At the
sacrifice I am preparing for you, you will eat fat till
you are glutted and drink blood till you are drunk. 20
At my table you will eat your fill of horses and
riders, mighty men and soldiers of every kind,’
declares the Sovereign Lord.
21 “I will display my glory among the nations, and all
the nations will see the punishment I inflict and the
hand I lay on them. 22 From that day forward the people
of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God. 23
And the nations will know that the people of Israel
went into exile for their sin, because they were
unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed
them over to their enemies, and they all fell by the
sword. 24 I dealt with them according to their
uncleanness and their offenses, and I hid my face from
them.
25 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I
will now restore the fortunes of Jacob[i] and will have
compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be
zealous for my holy name. 26 They will forget their
shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me
when they lived in safety in their land with no one to
make them afraid. 27 When I have brought them back from
the nations and have gathered them from the countries
of their enemies, I will be proved holy through them in
the sight of many nations. 28 Then they will know that
I am the Lord their God, for though I sent them into
exile among the nations, I will gather them to their
own land, not leaving any behind. 29 I will no longer
hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit
on the people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
Footnotes
Ezekiel 38:2 Or the prince of Rosh,
Ezekiel 38:3 Or Gog, prince of Rosh,
Ezekiel 38:5 That is, the upper Nile region
Ezekiel 38:12 The Hebrew for this phrase means the
navel of the earth.
Ezekiel 38:13 Or her strong lions
Ezekiel 39:1 Or Gog, prince of Rosh,
Ezekiel 39:11 Hamon Gog means hordes of Gog.
Ezekiel 39:16 Hamonah means horde.
Ezekiel 39:25 Or now bring Jacob back from captivity
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