¹ And the word of Jehovah was unto^▵ me, saying,

² Son of man, set thy face to^▵ Gog, the land of Magog, the chief, the head of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

³ and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovih^*; Behold, I am against^▵ thee, O Gog, the chief, the head of Meshech and Tubal:

⁴ and I will turn· thee ·back, and put^◦ hooks into thy cheeks, and I will bring· thee ·out, and all thy host, horses and horsemen, all of them perfectly clothed, an assembly of many with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:

⁵ Persia, Ethiopia, and Put with^◦ them; all of them with shield and helmet;

⁶ Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north flanks, and all his bands; and many people with^◦ thee.

⁷ Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou^◦, and all thine assembly that are assembled unto thee, and be thou for a guard to them.

⁸ After many days thou shalt be visited; in the later years thou shalt come to^▵ the land that is returned from the sword, and is brought·​·together out·​·of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel, which have been continually wasted; but she^◦ is brought·​·out from the peoples, and they shall dwell securely, all of them.

⁹ And thou shalt go·​·up as vastation, thou shalt come, as a cloud to cover the land thou shalt be, thou^◦, and all thy bands, and many peoples with^◦ thee.

¹⁰ Thus says the Lord Jehovih: It shall be, in that^◦ day that the words come·​·up in thy heart, and thou shalt think an evil thought;

¹¹ and thou shalt say, I will go·​·up on the land of the countryside; I will come to those who are quiet, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling with no walls, and there are no bars and doors for them,

¹² to spoil for spoil, and to plunder for plunder; to return thy hand on the wastes that are dwelt·​·in, and to^▵ the people gathered from the nations, who have worked with livestock and substance, who dwell upon the navel^* of the land.

¹³ Sheba, and Dedan, and the traders of Tarshish, and all her young·​·lions, shall say to thee, Art thou^◦ come to spoil a spoil? hast thou assembled thine assembly to plunder a plunder, to lift silver and gold, to take livestock and substance, to spoil a great spoil?

¹⁴ Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus says the Lord Jehovih; In that^◦ day when My people of Israel dwells securely, shalt thou not know it?

¹⁵ And thou shalt come from thy place out·​·of the north flanks, thou^◦, and many peoples with^◦ thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great assembly, and a host of many:

¹⁶ and thou shalt come·​·up against My people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against My land, in·​·order·​·that the nations may know Me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before^▫ their eyes.

¹⁷ Thus says the Lord Jehovih: Art thou^◦ he^◦ of whom I have spoken in ancient days by the hand of My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those^◦ days for years that I would bring thee against them?

¹⁸ And it shall be in that^◦ day, in the day Gog shall come against the ground of Israel, says^◦ the Lord Jehovih, that My fury shall go·​·up in My anger.

¹⁹ And in My zeal, in the fire of My wrath have I spoken, Surely in that^◦ day there shall be a great quaking upon the ground of Israel;

²⁰ and the fish of the sea, and the fowls of the heavens, and the animals of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the ground, and all of man who is upon the face of the ground, shall quake before My face, and the mountains shall be broken·​·down, and the stairs^◦ shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the earth.

²¹ And I will call for a sword against him throughout all My mountains, says^◦ the Lord Jehovih; a man’s^◦ sword shall be against^◦ his brother.

²² And I will judge against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many peoples that are with^◦ him, an overflowing shower, and great·​·hail stones, fire and sulfur.

²³ And I will magnify Myself, and sanctify Myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I^◦ am Jehovah.

¹ Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

² Son of man, write the name of the day, [even] of this same day: the king of Babylon drew close to Jerusalem this same day.

³ Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Set on the caldron, set it on, and also pour water into it:

⁴ gather its pieces into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

⁵ Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile [of wood] for the bones under [the caldron]; make it boil well; yes, let its bones be boiled in its midst.

⁶ Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen on it.

⁷ For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it on the bare rock; she didn't pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust.

⁸ That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

⁹ Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.

¹⁰ Heap on the wood, make the fire hot, boil well the flesh, and make thick the broth, and let the bones be burned.

¹¹ Then set it empty on its coals, that it may be hot, and its brass may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, that its rust may be consumed.

¹² She has wearied [herself] with toil; yet her great rust doesn't go forth out of her; her rust doesn't [go forth] by fire.

¹³ In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have cleansed you and you weren't cleansed, you shall not be cleansed from your filthiness any more, until I have caused my wrath toward you to rest.

¹⁴ I, Yahweh, have spoken it: it shall happen, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, says the Lord Yahweh.

¹⁵ Also the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

¹⁶ Son of man, behold, I will take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.

¹⁷ Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind your headdress on you, and put your shoes on your feet, and don't cover your lips, and don't eat men's bread.

¹⁸ So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

¹⁹ The people said to me, Won't you tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?

²⁰ Then I said to them, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

²¹ Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.

²² You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

²³ Your tires shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.

²⁴ Thus Ezekiel shall be a sign to you; according to all that he has done, you will do. When this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

²⁵ You, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their heart, their sons and their daughters,

²⁶ that in that day he who escapes shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears?

²⁷ In that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped, and you shall speak, and be no more mute: so you will be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.