| Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
| 1“As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. | 1"As for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say: 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal! |
| 2I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel. | 2I will turn you around and drag you along; I will lead you up from the remotest parts of the north and bring you against the mountains of Israel. |
| 3Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand. | 3I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand. |
| 4On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast. | 4You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the people who are with you. I give you as food to every kind of bird and every wild beast. |
| 5You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. | 5You will fall dead in the open field; for I have spoken, declares the sovereign LORD. |
| 6I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD. | 6I will send fire on Magog and those who live securely in the coastlands; then they will know that I am the LORD. |
| 7So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. | 7"'I will make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. |
| 8Yes, it is coming, and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD. This is the day of which I have spoken. | 8Realize that it is coming and it will be done, declares the sovereign LORD. It is the day I have spoken about. |
| 9Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel. | 9"'Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling--the shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears--they will burn them for seven years. |
| 10They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD. | 10They will not need to take wood from the field or cut down trees from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons. They will take the loot from those who looted them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them, declares the sovereign LORD. |
| 11And on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog. | 11"'On that day I will assign Gog a grave in Israel. It will be the valley of those who travel east of the sea; it will block the way of the travelers. There they will bury Gog and all his horde; they will call it the valley of Hamon-Gog. |
| 12For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. | 12For seven months Israel will bury them, in order to cleanse the land. |
| 13All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day I display My glory, declares the Lord GOD. | 13All the people of the land will bury them, and it will be a memorial for them on the day I magnify myself, declares the sovereign LORD. |
| 14And men will be employed to continually pass through the land to cleanse it by burying the invaders who remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search. | 14They will designate men to scout continually through the land, burying those who remain on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. They will search for seven full months. |
| 15As they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog. | 15When the scouts survey the land and see a human bone, they will place a sign by it, until those assigned to burial duty have buried it in the valley of Hamon-Gog. |
| 16(Even the city will be named Hamonah.) And so they will cleanse the land. | 16(A city by the name of Hamonah will also be there.) They will cleanse the land.' |
| 17And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. | 17"As for you, son of man, this is what the sovereign LORD says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast: 'Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter which I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood. |
| 18You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan. | 18You will eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth--the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan. |
| 19At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk. | 19You will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, at my slaughter which I have made for you. |
| 20And at My table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, of mighty men and warriors of every kind,’ declares the Lord GOD. | 20You will fill up at my table with horses and charioteers, with warriors and all the soldiers,' declares the sovereign LORD. |
| 21I will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment that I execute and the hand that I lay upon them. | 21"I will display my majesty among the nations. All the nations will witness the judgment I have executed, and the power I have exhibited among them. |
| 22From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God. | 22Then the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God, from that day forward. |
| 23And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword. | 23The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile due to their iniquity, for they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies; all of them died by the sword. |
| 24I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them. | 24According to their uncleanness and rebellion I have dealt with them, and I hid my face from them. |
| 25Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name. | 25"Therefore this is what the sovereign LORD says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and I will have mercy on the entire house of Israel. I will be zealous for my holy name. |
| 26They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them. | 26They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid. |
| 27When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations. | 27When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations. |
| 28Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations. | 28Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will not leave any of them in exile any longer. |
| 29And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.” | 29I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the sovereign LORD." |
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