1Herren sagde til mig:2„Du menneske, ret blikket mod landet Magog i nord og profetér imod Gog, fyrsten over Meshek og Tubal.3Sig til ham: Herren siger: Hør, jeg har noget at sige dig, Gog!4Jeg vender dig om, sætter kroge i dine kæber og trækker dig af sted tillige med hele din væbnede hær inklusive alle dine heste og ryttere.5Der er tropper fra Persien, Kush og Libyen,6fra Gomer og Armenien højt mod nord og folk fra mange andre lande, alle fuldt bevæbnede.7Gør dig klar og mobiliser dine hære, for du er deres leder, Gog.8Langt ude i fremtiden vil jeg sende bud efter dig. Ved verdenshistoriens afslutning vil du pludselig skylle ind over Israels folk, der lever i fred, efter at de er vendt hjem fra fjerne lande og har genopbygget deres land.9Din frygtede hær og alle dine allierede vil feje ind over Israels land som en voldsom storm og dække hele landet som en sky.10Til den tid vil du lægge ondskabsfulde planer.11Du vil se, at Israel er et land uden befæstede byer med et folk, der lever i fred og ro,12og du vil angribe de byer, som engang var forladte, men som nu er befolket med alle de mennesker, der er vendt hjem fra deres eksil. Du vil tage krigsbytte og mange slaver, for folket er i mellemtiden blevet rigt og velstående og bor i verdens navle.13Men folkene fra Saba og Dedan og storkøbmænd fra Tarshish, som alle har samhandel med landet, vil protestere og sige: ‚Hvorfor kommer du med en stor hær for at plyndre dette folk? Hvorfor vil du røve deres guld og sølv, husdyr og ejendele?’14Derfor siger Gud Herren til Gog: Midt i fredstid hvor Israel bor fredeligt i deres land, vil du gøre dig klar.15-16Du rykker ud fra nord med alle dine ryttere og lægger dig over landet som en vældig sky. Det vil ske i en fjern fremtid, i verdenshistoriens afsluttende kapitel. Jeg vil føre dig mod mit land, og når jeg så griber ind og besejrer dig, vil hele verden se min magt og herlighed.17Herren siger til dig, Gog: Du er den, jeg havde i tanke for længe siden, da jeg gennem Israels profeter forkyndte at engang ude i fremtiden skulle en stormagt angribe Israel.18Men når du kommer for at ødelægge landet, bliver jeg fyldt af en voldsom vrede.19I min lidenskabelige og voldsomme harme sender jeg et mægtigt jordskælv i Israels land,20så alt levende skælver af frygt for mig, både fisk, fugle, vilde dyr og mennesker. Bjerge og klipper styrter sammen, og murene synker i grus.21Ja, siger Gud Herren, jeg sender en frygtelig katastrofe over dig, så dine soldater i panik begynder at bekæmpe hinanden.22Jeg rammer dig og dine allierede med sygdom, oversvømmelse og død. Store hagl blandet med ild og svovl kommer til at piske ned over jer.23Det bliver et stærkt udtryk for min storhed og hellighed. Hele verden skal se det og erkende, at jeg er Herren.”
1The word of the Lord came to me:2“Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech[1] and Tubal, and prophesy against him (1.Mos 10,2; Ez 2,1; Ez 6,2; Ez 27,13; Ez 38,4; Ez 38,9; Ez 39,1; Ez 39,6; Ez 39,11; Åb 20,8)3and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech[2] and Tubal. (Ez 13,8)4And I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords. (Ez 29,4; Ez 38,15; Ez 39,2)5Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; (1.Mos 10,8; Ez 27,10)6Gomer and all his hordes; Beth-togarmah from the uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes—many peoples are with you. (1.Mos 10,2; 1.Mos 10,3; Ez 27,14; Ez 32,30; Ez 38,4; Ez 38,22; Ez 39,2)7“Be ready and keep ready, you and all your hosts that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them. (Es 8,9)8After many days you will be mustered. In the latter years you will go against the land that is restored from war, the land whose people were gathered from many peoples upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and now dwell securely, all of them. (Es 24,22; Ez 6,2; Ez 11,17; Ez 34,25; Ez 34,27; Ez 38,16)9You will advance, coming on like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your hordes, and many peoples with you. (Es 28,2; Jer 4,13; Ez 38,6)10“Thus says the Lord God: On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme (Ez 11,5)11and say, ‘I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’ (Jer 49,31; Zak 2,4)12to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and the people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell at the center of the earth. (Ez 5,5; Ez 5,7; Ez 5,14; Ez 38,8)13Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all its leaders[3] will say to you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?’ (Salm 17,12; Ez 25,13; Ez 27,15; Ez 27,22; Ez 32,2)14“Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not know it? (Ez 2,1; Ez 38,2; Ez 38,8; Ez 38,11)15You will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army. (Ez 23,6; Ez 38,6; Ez 38,9; Ez 38,22; Ez 39,2)16You will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. (Ez 20,41; Ez 38,8; Ez 38,9; Ez 38,23; Ez 39,13)17“Thus says the Lord God: Are you he of whom I spoke in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who in those days prophesied for years that I would bring you against them? (Jer 6,22)18But on that day, the day that Gog shall come against the land of Israel, declares the Lord God, my wrath will be roused in my anger. (Salm 18,8)19For in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. (Ez 5,13; Hag 2,6; Åb 16,18)20The fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the people who are on the face of the earth, shall quake at my presence. And the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground. (Salm 114,7; Jer 4,24; Hos 4,3)21I will summon a sword against Gog[4] on all my mountains, declares the Lord God. Every man’s sword will be against his brother. (Dom 7,22; Jer 25,29)22With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur. (Salm 11,6; Ez 13,11; Ez 13,13; Ez 17,20; Ez 38,6; Ez 38,9; Ez 39,6; Åb 20,9)23So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord. (Ez 6,7; Ez 36,23; Ez 37,28; Ez 38,16)