The Slaughter of Gog’s Armies
1 “You, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. 2 I will turn you around and will lead you on and will bring you up from the uttermost parts of the north, bringing you against the mountains of Israel.
3 I will strike the bow from your left hand and will make the arrows fall from your right hand. 4 You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your troops, and the peoples who are with you. I will give you over to the ravenous birds of every kind and to the animals of the field to be devoured. 5 You will fall on the open field, for I have spoken it, declares the Lord GOD. 6 I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the islands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
7 I will make my holy name known among my people Israel. I will not allow my holy name to be profaned any more. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. 8 It is coming, and it will be done, declares the Lord GOD. This is the day about which I have spoken.
9 Those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and will start fires from the weapons and will burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs and the spears, and they will start fires from them for seven years 10 so that they will take no wood from the field, nor cut down any trees from the forests, for they will start fires from the weapons. They will plunder those who plundered them and rob those who robbed them, declares the Lord GOD.
11 It will happen on that day, that I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, in the valley of those who pass through on the east of the sea, and it will stop those who pass through. They will bury Gog and all the multitudes with him there, and they will call it The valley of Hamon Gog.
12 The house of Israel will be burying them for seven months that they may cleanse the land. 13 Yes, all the people of the land will bury them, and on the day that I am glorified, they will be renowned, says the Lord GOD.
14 They will set apart men for continuous employment, to pass through the land and work with those burying all the remains from the land’s surface, to cleanse it. They will continue searching until seven months have passed. 15 Those employed to pass through the land will pass through it, and when anyone sees a man’s bone, then he will set up a sign by it until the undertakers have buried it in the valley of Hamon Gog. 16 Hamonah will also be the name of a city. Thus they will cleanse the land.’
17 You, son of man, the Lord GOD says: ‘Speak to the birds of every kind, and to every animal of the field: Assemble yourselves and come, gather from every side to my sacrifice that I am preparing for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel that you may eat meat and drink blood. 18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of the fattened animals of Bashan. 19 You shall eat fat until you are full and drink blood until you are drunk, at the sacrifice which I am preparing for you. 20 You shall be filled at my table, with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with warriors of every kind, declares the Lord GOD.’ ”
Israel to Be Restored
21 ” ‘I will display my glory among the nations. Then all the nations will see the judgment that I have executed and the hand that I have laid on them. 22 So the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God, from that day forward. 23 The nations will know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them. So I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and transgressions, I have dealt with them and hid my face from them.
25 Therefore the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and have mercy on the whole house of Israel. I will be jealous for my holy name. 26 They will bear their shame and all the trespasses by which they sinned against me, when they dwell securely in their land. No one will make them afraid 27 when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands and shown my holiness in the sight of many nations. 28 They will know that I am the LORD their God, who caused them to go into captivity among the nations but gathered them back to their own land, leaving none of them captive there. 29 I will no longer hide my face from them, for I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel,’ says the Lord GOD.”