1“Son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of39:1 Or Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshek and Tubal. 2I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north and send you against the mountains of Israel. 3Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop 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 all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild animals. 5You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. 6I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in safety in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the Lord.
7“ ‘I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the Lord am the Holy One in Israel. 8It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Lord. This is the day I have spoken of.
9“ ‘Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up—the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel. 10They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign Lord.
11“ ‘On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of those who travel east of the Sea. It will block the way of travelers, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon Gog.39:11 Hamon Gog means hordes of Gog.
12“ ‘For seven months the Israelites will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. 13All the people of the land will bury them, and the day I display my glory will be a memorable day for them, declares the Sovereign Lord. 14People will be continually employed in cleansing the land. They will spread out across the land and, along with others, they will bury any bodies that are lying on the ground.
“ ‘After the seven months they will carry out a more detailed search. 15As they go through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will leave a marker beside it until the gravediggers bury it in the Valley of Hamon Gog, 16near a town called Hamonah.39:16 Hamonah means horde. And so they will cleanse the land.’
17“Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Call out to every kind of bird and all the wild animals: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrifice I am preparing for you, the great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. 18You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bulls—all of them fattened animals from Bashan. 19At the sacrifice I am preparing for you, you will eat fat till you are glutted and drink blood till you are drunk. 20At my table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, mighty men and soldiers of every kind,’ declares the Sovereign Lord.
21“I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the punishment I inflict and the hand I lay on them. 22From that day forward the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God. 23And the nations will know that the people of Israel went into exile for their sin, because they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies, and they all fell by the sword. 24I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their offenses, and I hid my face from them.
25“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob39:25 Or now bring Jacob back from captivity and will have compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name. 26They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me when they lived in safety in their land with no one to make them afraid. 27When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of many nations. 28Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them to their own land, not leaving any behind. 29I will no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit on the people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
預言歌革被滅
1「人子啊，你要說預言斥責歌革，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。 2我要把你調轉過來，使你從遙遠的北方來到以色列的山中。 3我要打掉你左手的弓，擊落你右手的箭。 4你和你的軍隊，以及與你同來的各國聯軍都要倒斃在以色列的山嶺上，我要把你們的屍體給各種猛禽野獸作食物。 5你必倒斃在田野之間，因為我已經宣告。這是主耶和華說的。 6我要火燒瑪各和安居在海島的人，他們就知道我是耶和華。
7「『我要讓我的以色列子民知道我的聖名，不再讓我的聖名被褻瀆。這樣列國就知道我是以色列的聖者耶和華。 8我所說的日子將要來臨，一切必然實現。這是主耶和華說的。
9「『以色列各城邑的居民都要出去撿兵器當柴燒，其中包括大小的盾牌、弓箭、矛槍等，足夠用七年。 10他們不必到田間拾柴，或到林中伐木，因為有兵器當柴燒。他們要搶奪那些搶奪過他們的人，擄掠那些擄掠過他們的人。這是主耶和華說的。
11「『那一天，我要把以色列境內通往鹽海東邊的旅客谷作為歌革的墳地，埋葬他和他的軍隊。這墳地將截斷行人的去路，因此人稱那地方為哈們·歌革谷。 12以色列人要用七個月來埋葬他們，使那地方潔淨。 13以色列人都要來埋葬他們。我彰顯榮耀的那天將是以色列人名聲大振的日子。這是主耶和華說的。 14七個月之久，他們會派人不斷巡視那裡，埋葬遺留在地面上的屍體，使那裡潔淨。 15如果巡視的人發現了骸骨，便在旁邊立一個標記，等待負責埋葬的人將骸骨埋葬在哈們·歌革谷， 16他們要這樣使那地方潔淨。那裡有一座城叫哈摩那39·16 「哈摩那」意思是「大群」。。』
17「人子啊，主耶和華說，『你要召喚各類飛鳥和野獸，讓牠們聚集起來，從四面八方來赴我為牠們預備的祭宴，就是以色列山嶺上的大祭宴，在那裡吃肉飲血。 18牠們將吃到勇士的肉，喝到君王的血，好像吃公綿羊、羊羔、公山羊、公牛這些巴珊的肥畜。 19牠們要在我為牠們設的祭宴中任意吃肉飲血，直到吃飽喝醉為止。 20牠們在我的宴席上要飽餐戰馬、騎兵、勇士和所有軍人的肉。這是主耶和華說的。
21「『我要在列國中彰顯我的榮耀，萬國必看見我用大能在他們身上施行的審判。 22從那天起，以色列必知道我是他們的上帝耶和華。 23列國必知道以色列人被擄走是因為他們犯罪背叛我，以致我掩面不顧他們，把他們交在敵人手中，讓他們喪身刀下。 24我照他們的污穢和罪惡報應他們，掩面不顧他們。』
25「因此，主耶和華說，『我要使雅各被擄的人返鄉，我要憐憫全體以色列人，熱心維護我的聖名。 26當他們在故土安居，沒有人來威脅他們的時候，他們就會忘記自己所有的羞辱和得罪我的惡事。 27我從列國把他們領回，從敵國把他們召回來的時候，我要藉著他們向列國彰顯我的聖潔。 28我讓他們被擄到列國，將來必召集他們返回故土，不撇下一人。這樣，他們便知道我是他們的上帝耶和華。 29我不再掩面不顧以色列人，因為我要把我的靈澆灌在他們身上。這是主耶和華說的。』」
