对歌革的预言
1耶和华对我说： 2“人子啊，你要面向玛各地区的歌革，就是米设和土巴的首领，说预言斥责他， 3告诉他，主耶和华这样说，‘米设和土巴的首领歌革啊，我要与你为敌。 4我要把你调转过来，用钩子钩住你的腮，把你和你那些全副武装、拿着大小盾牌、挥动刀剑的军队、马匹和骑兵都拖出来。 5你的军队中有拿着盾牌、戴着头盔的波斯人、古实人和弗人， 6还有歌篾的军队和从遥远的北方来的陀迦玛军队。许多国家的军队都与你在一起。
7“‘你和你的联军都要预备好，你要做他们的统帅。 8再过多日，你必被征召出战。在以后的岁月，你将去攻打一片从战争中恢复的土地，以色列久已荒凉的山上有从各国招聚来的百姓。他们从列国中被领回来，如今都在那里安然居住。 9你和你的军队以及各国的联军一起上来，如暴风来临，又如密云覆盖大地。’
10“‘主耶和华说，“那时你必心起歹念，筹划恶谋。 11你必说，我要攻打那没有围墙和城门保护的乡村，毁灭那毫无戒备、安然居住的百姓。 12我要抢掠他们的财物，下手攻击那曾是废墟的城邑和从各国归来的百姓。他们住在世界的中心，牲畜货物甚多。 13示巴人、底但人以及他施的客商和首领都必问，你是来抢掠吗？你聚集军队是来抢夺金银财宝，掳掠牲畜和货物吗？”’
14“人子啊，你要发预言告诉歌革，主耶和华这样说，‘到那天，当我的以色列子民安然居住的时候，难道你会不知道吗？ 15你召集各国联军，组成庞大的军队，骑着马从遥远的北方来。 16歌革啊，你必如密云一样遮天蔽日，前来攻击我的以色列子民。将来，我要领你来攻击我的土地，我要在列国面前借着你彰显我的圣洁，使他们认识我。’
17“主耶和华说，‘歌革啊，我从前借我的仆人——以色列的先知所预言的那位就是你，那时他们预言我要领你上来攻击以色列。 18当歌革上来攻击以色列的时候，我必发烈怒。这是主耶和华说的。 19我要在义愤和烈怒中宣告，那天在以色列必有大地震。 20海里的鱼，空中的鸟，田野的走兽，地上的一切动物和人类都要在我面前战栗。山岭必倒塌，悬崖必崩裂，墙垣必坍塌。 21我要在我的山岭上叫刀剑攻击歌革人，使他们自相残杀。这是主耶和华说的。 22我要用瘟疫、杀戮、暴雨、冰雹、烈火和硫磺惩罚他们和他们的联军。 23我要彰显我的权能和圣洁，使各国的人都认识我。这样他们就知道我是耶和华。’
1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,38.2 the chief…: or, prince of the chief 3And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:38.5 Libya: or, Phut 6Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. 7Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8¶ After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. 9Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. 10Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:38.10 think…: or, conceive a mischievous purpose 11And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,38.11 safely: or, confidently 12To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.38.12 To take…: Heb. To spoil the spoil, and to prey the prey38.12 midst: Heb. navel 13Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14¶ Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? 15And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: 16And 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, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. 17Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?38.17 by: Heb. by the hand of 18And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. 19For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 20So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.38.20 steep…: or, towers, or, stairs 21And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother. 22And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
