The Lord Will Have Great Victory Over the Nations
1A message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said, 2“Son of man, turn your attention to Gog. He is from the land of Magog. He is the chief prince of Meshek and Tubal. Prophesy against him. 3Tell him, ‘The Lord and King says, “Gog, I am against you. You are the chief prince of Meshek and Tubal. 4But I will turn you around. I will put hooks in your jaws. I will bring you out of your land along with your whole army. Your horses will come with you. Your horsemen will be completely armed. Your huge army will carry large and small shields. All of them will be ready to use their swords. 5The men of Persia, Cush and Put will march out with them. All of them will have shields and helmets. 6Gomer and all its troops will be there too. Beth Togarmah from the far north will also come with all its troops. Many nations will help you.
7“ ‘ “Get ready. Be prepared. Take command of the huge armies gathered around you. 8After many years you will be called together to fight. Later, you will march into a land that has not had war for a while. Its people were gathered together from many nations. They came to the mountains of Israel. No one had lived in those mountains for a long time. So the people had been brought back from other nations. Now all the people live in safety. 9You, all your troops and the many nations with you will march up to attack them. All of you will advance like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering their land.”
10“ ‘The Lord and King says, “At that time some ideas will come to you. You will make evil plans. 11You will say, ‘I will march out against a land whose villages don’t have walls around them. I’ll attack those peaceful people. I’ll do this when they aren’t expecting it. None of their villages has walls or gates with metal bars on them. 12I will rob those people. I’ll steal everything they have. Then I’ll turn my attention to the destroyed houses where people are living again. They have returned there from other nations. Now they are rich. They have plenty of livestock and all kinds of goods. They are living in Israel. It is the center of the earth.’ 13The people of Sheba and Dedan will speak to you. So will the traders of Tarshish and all its villages. They will say, ‘Have you come to rob us? Have you gathered your huge army together to steal our silver and gold? Are you going to take away from us our livestock and goods? Do you plan to carry off everything we have?’ ” ’
14“Son of man, prophesy. Tell Gog, ‘The Lord and King says, “A time is coming when my people Israel will be living in safety. You will see that it is a good time to attack them. 15So you will come from your place in the far north. Many nations will join you. All their men will be riding on horses. You will have a huge and mighty army. 16They will advance against my people Israel. They will be like a cloud covering their land. Gog, in days to come I will bring you against my land. Then the nations will know me. I will use you to prove to them how holy I am.”
17“ ‘Here is what the Lord and King says to Gog. “In the past I spoke about you through my servants, the prophets of Israel. At that time they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them. 18Here is what will happen in days to come. You will attack the land of Israel. That will stir up my burning anger,” announces the Lord and King. 19“At that time my burning anger will blaze out at you. There will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky and the wild animals will tremble with fear. They will tremble with fear because of what I will do. So will every creature that moves along the ground. And so will all the people on earth. The mountains will come crashing down. The cliffs will break into pieces. Every wall will fall to the ground. 21I will punish you on all my mountains,” announces the Lord and King. “Your men will use their swords against one another. 22I will judge you. I will send a plague against you. A lot of blood will be spilled. I will send heavy rain, hailstones and burning sulfur down to the earth. They will fall on you and your troops. They will also come down on the many nations that are helping you. 23That will show how great and holy I am. I will make myself known to many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.” ’
對歌革的預言
1耶和華對我說： 2「人子啊，你要面向瑪各地區的歌革，就是米設和土巴的首領，說預言斥責他， 3告訴他，主耶和華這樣說，『米設和土巴的首領歌革啊，我要與你為敵。 4我要把你調轉過來，用鉤子鉤住你的腮，把你和你那些全副武裝、拿著大小盾牌、揮動刀劍的軍隊、馬匹和騎兵都拖出來。 5你的軍隊中有拿著盾牌、戴著頭盔的波斯人、古實人和弗人， 6還有歌篾的軍隊和從遙遠的北方來的陀迦瑪軍隊。許多國家的軍隊都與你在一起。
7「『你和你的聯軍都要預備好，你要做他們的統帥。 8再過多日，你必被徵召出戰。在以後的歲月，你將去攻打一片從戰爭中恢復的土地，以色列久已荒涼的山上有從各國招聚來的百姓。他們從列國中被領回來，如今都在那裡安然居住。 9你和你的軍隊以及各國的聯軍一起上來，如暴風來臨，又如密雲覆蓋大地。』
10「『主耶和華說，「那時你必心起歹念，籌畫惡謀。 11你必說，我要攻打那沒有圍牆和城門保護的鄉村，毀滅那毫無戒備、安然居住的百姓。 12我要搶掠他們的財物，下手攻擊那曾是廢墟的城邑和從各國歸來的百姓。他們住在世界的中心，牲畜貨物甚多。 13示巴人、底但人以及他施的客商和首領都必問，你是來搶掠嗎？你聚集軍隊是來搶奪金銀財寶，擄掠牲畜和貨物嗎？」』
14「人子啊，你要發預言告訴歌革，主耶和華這樣說，『到那天，當我的以色列子民安然居住的時候，難道你會不知道嗎？ 15你召集各國聯軍，組成龐大的軍隊，騎著馬從遙遠的北方來。 16歌革啊，你必如密雲一樣遮天蔽日，前來攻擊我的以色列子民。將來，我要領你來攻擊我的土地，我要在列國面前藉著你彰顯我的聖潔，使他們認識我。』
17「主耶和華說，『歌革啊，我從前藉我的僕人——以色列的先知所預言的那位就是你，那時他們預言我要領你上來攻擊以色列。 18當歌革上來攻擊以色列的時候，我必發烈怒。這是主耶和華說的。 19我要在義憤和烈怒中宣告，那天在以色列必有大地震。 20海裡的魚，空中的鳥，田野的走獸，地上的一切動物和人類都要在我面前戰慄。山嶺必倒塌，懸崖必崩裂，牆垣必坍塌。 21我要在我的山嶺上叫刀劍攻擊歌革人，使他們自相殘殺。這是主耶和華說的。 22我要用瘟疫、殺戮、暴雨、冰雹、烈火和硫磺懲罰他們和他們的聯軍。 23我要彰顯我的權能和聖潔，使各國的人都認識我。這樣他們就知道我是耶和華。』
