1Herren fortsatte: „Du menneske, profetér videre imod Gog og sig til ham: ‚Du fyrste over Meshek og Tubal, jeg kæmper imod dig.2Jeg vender dig om og trækker dig fra det høje nord ned til Israels højland.3Der slår jeg buen ud af din venstre hånd og pilene ud af din højre.4Derpå skal I alle dø, både du selv, dine hære og dine allierede, og I skal blive til føde for rovfugle og vilde dyr.5Aldrig skal du nå frem til Israels byer, for du skal falde på åben mark. Jeg har talt, siger Gud Herren.6Jeg vil lade ild regne ned over Magog og dem, som lever i tryghed langs kysterne, så de indser, at jeg er Herren.’7På den måde skal min hellighed blive kendt i hele Israel. Jeg vil ikke længere acceptere, at mit navn bliver vanæret. Alle nationer skal erkende at jeg, Herren, er Israels hellige Gud.8Det vil ske, som jeg har sagt.9Da skal indbyggerne i Israels byer gå ud og indsamle alle deres fjenders våben: skjolde, buer og pile, kastespyd og lanser, og bruge dem til brændsel. Der bliver brændsel nok til syv års forbrug.10I den periode behøver de ikke bekymre sig om at samle brænde på markerne eller fælde træer i skoven, for der er rigeligt med brændsel fra våbnene. Sådan skal Israels folk plyndre de folk, der kom for at plyndre dem, siger Herren.11Til den tid vil jeg berede en gravplads for Gog i Israel, i den dal der bruges til gennemrejse, øst for havet.[1] Der skal Gog og alle hans hære begraves, så dalen bliver spærret for gennemrejse. Dalen vil derefter blive kaldt ‚Gogs Massegrav’.12-13Det vil tage Israels folk syv måneder at begrave alle ligene, selv om alle hjælper til. Først da kan landet blive renset. Det bliver en herlig dag for Israel, når jeg viser min herlighed og magt.14Når de syv måneder er gået, skal man udpege folk til systematisk at gennemsøge landet for eventuelle døde, som endnu ikke er blevet begravet.15-16Hvis de så finder nogle skeletrester, skal de afmærke stedet, så graverne kan få dem begravet i ‚Gogs Massegrav’. Selv en af byerne i dalen vil få navn efter massegraven. Sådan skal landet omsider blive renset fra al den urenhed, som ligene var årsag til.17Du menneske, kald alle rovfuglene og de vilde dyr sammen til en mægtig offerfest. Lad dem komme fra nær og fjern til Israels bjergland og tage del i festen, hvor de skal æde menneskekød og drikke menneskeblod.18-19Sig til fuglene og dyrene: ‚Kom til den offerfest, jeg holder for jer i Israels bjergland. Spis kød fra helte og drik blod fra fyrster, som var det fede væddere, lam, geder eller okser fra Bashan. Æd, til I revner, og drik jer berusede i blod.20Kom til festen og spis jer mætte i heste og ryttere, helte og krigere.’ ”21Herren fortsatte: „Jeg vil demonstrere min magt og herlighed over for nationerne. De bliver alle vidne til, hvordan jeg straffer Gog og hele hans hær.22Fra den dag og i al fremtid vil Israels folk erkende, at jeg er Herren, deres Gud,23og nationerne vil forstå, hvorfor Israels folk blev sendt i landflygtighed. Jeg måtte straffe dem for deres oprør og utroskab imod mig. Derfor vendte jeg ryggen til dem og lod deres fjender ødelægge dem.24De fik den straf, de havde fortjent på grund af alle deres synder.25Men nu vil jeg genoprette mit folk, siger Gud Herren. Jeg forbarmer mig over Israels folk for mit navns æres skyld.26Da skal de få lov til at bo trygt og fredeligt i deres eget land uden at frygte for at blive jaget bort, og de skal med skam mindes deres tidligere oprør og utroskab overfor mig.27Når jeg fører dem hjem fra fjendeland og på den måde demonstrerer min hellighed over for verden,28vil de indse, at jeg er Herren, deres Gud, som sendte dem i landflygtighed, og som førte dem hjem igen til deres land uden at glemme en eneste af dem.29Jeg vil aldrig igen vende ryggen til mit folk, når jeg først har udgydt min Ånd over dem, siger Gud Herren.”
Ezekiel 39
English Standard Version
fra Crossway1“And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech[1] and Tubal. (Ez 2,1; Ez 13,8; Ez 38,2; Ez 38,3)2And I will turn you about and drive you forward,[2] and bring you up from the uttermost parts of the north, and lead you against the mountains of Israel. (Ez 6,2; Ez 32,30; Ez 38,4; Ez 38,6; Ez 38,15)3Then I will strike your bow from your left hand, and will make your arrows drop out of your right hand. (Salm 76,3)4You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your hordes and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. (Ez 38,6; Ez 38,9; Ez 38,21; Ez 38,22; Ez 39,2; Ez 39,17)5You shall fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Lord God. (Ez 17,21)6I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they shall know that I am the Lord. (Ez 6,7; Ez 27,3; Ez 27,6; Ez 27,15; Ez 28,18; Ez 30,8; Ez 30,14; Ez 30,16; Ez 38,2; Ez 38,8; Ez 38,14; Ez 38,22)7“And my holy name I will make known in the midst of my people Israel, and I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. And the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. (Es 45,11; Ez 20,39; Ez 36,23; Ez 39,22)8Behold, it is coming and it will be brought about, declares the Lord God. That is the day of which I have spoken. (Ez 21,7; Ez 38,17)9“Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and make fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bow and arrows, clubs[3] and spears; and they will make fires of them for seven years, (1.Sam 17,40; Salm 46,9; Es 9,5)10so that they will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for they will make their fires of the weapons. They will seize the spoil of those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord God. (Es 33,1; Ez 39,9)11“On that day I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the sea. It will block the travelers, for there Gog and all his multitude will be buried. It will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.[4] (Ez 38,2; Ez 39,15)12For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land. (5.Mos 21,23; Ez 39,14)13All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day that I show my glory, declares the Lord God. (Ez 28,22)14They will set apart men to travel through the land regularly and bury those travelers remaining on the face of the land, so as to cleanse it. At[5] the end of seven months they will make their search. (Ez 39,12)15And when these travel through the land and anyone sees a human bone, then he shall set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog. (Ez 39,11)16(Hamonah[6] is also the name of the city.) Thus shall they cleanse the land.17“As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God: Speak to the birds of every sort and to all beasts of the field: ‘Assemble and come, gather from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you shall eat flesh and drink blood. (Es 34,6; Jer 12,9; Ez 2,1; Ez 39,4; Zef 1,7; Åb 19,17)18You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth—of rams, of lambs, and of he-goats, of bulls, all of them fat beasts of Bashan. (Salm 22,12; Åb 19,18)19And you shall eat fat till you are filled, and drink blood till you are drunk, at the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you.20And you shall be filled at my table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all kinds of warriors,’ declares the Lord God.21“And I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them. (2.Mos 7,4; Ez 28,22; Ez 36,23; Ez 37,28; Ez 38,23; Ez 39,7; Ez 39,13)22The house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God, from that day forward. (Ez 6,7; Ez 39,28; Joel 2,27)23And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they dealt so treacherously with me that I hid my face from them and gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword. (3.Mos 26,25; 5.Mos 29,24; 5.Mos 31,17)24I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their transgressions, and hid my face from them. (Ez 18,30)
The Lord Will Restore Israel
25“Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name. (Jer 30,3; Ez 5,13; Ez 20,9; Ez 20,40)26They shall forget their shame and all the treachery they have practiced against me, when they dwell securely in their land with none to make them afraid, (Ez 32,24; Ez 34,25; Ez 34,27; Ez 34,28; Ez 38,8)27when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies’ lands, and through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations. (Ez 11,17; Ez 20,41; Ez 28,25)28Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations anymore. (Ez 39,22)29And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord God.” (Ez 39,23; Joel 2,28)