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Ezekiel 38

And the LORD spoke to me: “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. and say: This is what the Lord GOD says: “Look, I am against you, Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. And I'll turn you round and put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with all

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Hooks in your jaws

And the LORD spoke to me: “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. and say: This is what the Lord GOD says: “Look, I am against you, Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. And I'll turn you round and put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with all your army — horses and horsemen, all of them dressed in full gear, a big crowd with shields and small shields, all of them handling swords. Persia, Ethiopia and Libya with them, all of them with shield and helmet; Gomer and all his troops, the house of Togarmah from the far north with all his troops — many peoples with you. Get ready and get yourself ready, you and all your crowd gathered to you, and be a guard for them. After many days you'll be called up. In the last years you'll come into a land brought back from the sword, gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel that were a desolation for a long time. But it's been brought out from the peoples, and all of them are living safely. And you'll come up like a storm coming on. You'll be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops and many peoples with you. This is what the Lord GOD says: At that time things will come into your mind, and you'll think up a wicked plan. And you'll say: I'll go up to the land of open villages. I'll go to those at rest, living safely, all of them living without walls and with no bars or gates — to take plunder and loot, to turn your hand upon desolate places that are inhabited again, and upon a people gathered out of the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods and live in the middle of the land. Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its young lions will say to you: Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your crowd to take loot — to carry off silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to take a great plunder?

And the word of the Lord came to me: Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief leader of Meshek and Tubal, and prophesy against him. And say: This is what the Lord God says. Look — I'm against you, Gog, chief leader of Meshek and Tubal. And I'll turn you round and put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with all your army — horses and horsemen, all of them dressed in full gear, a big crowd with shields and bucklers, all of them handling swords. Persia, Cush and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet. Gomer and all his troops, the house of Togarmah from the far north with all his troops — plenty of peoples with you. Get ready and get yourself ready, you and all your crowd gathered to you, and be a guard for them. After plenty of days you'll be called up. In the last years you'll come into a land brought back from the sword, gathered out of plenty of peoples, on the mountains of Israel that were a wreck for a long time. But it's been brought out from the peoples, and all of them are living safely. And you'll come up like a storm coming on. You'll be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops and plenty of peoples with you. This is what the Lord God says: At that time things will come into your mind, and you'll think up a wicked plan. And you'll say: I'll go up to the land of open villages. I'll go to the ones at rest, living safely, all of them living without walls and with no bars or gates — to take plunder and take loot, to turn your hand on the ruined places that are lived in again, and on the people gathered out of the nations, who've got cattle and goods and live in the middle of the land. Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its young lions will say to you: Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your crowd to take loot — to carry off silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to take a great plunder?

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: And 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: Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 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. Thou 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. Thus 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: And 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, To 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. Sheba, 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?

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And the LORD spoke to me:

Plain English

And the word of the Lord came to me:

King James Version, 1611

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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“Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.

Plain English

Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief leader of Meshek and Tubal, and prophesy against him.

King James Version, 1611

Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

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and say: This is what the Lord GOD says: “Look, I am against you, Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

Plain English

And say: This is what the Lord God says. Look — I'm against you, Gog, chief leader of Meshek and Tubal.

King James Version, 1611

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

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And I'll turn you round and put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with all your army — horses and horsemen, all of them dressed in full gear, a big crowd with shields and small shields, all of them handling swords.

Plain English

And I'll turn you round and put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with all your army — horses and horsemen, all of them dressed in full gear, a big crowd with shields and bucklers, all of them handling swords.

King James Version, 1611

And 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:

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Persia, Ethiopia and Libya with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

Plain English

Persia, Cush and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet.

King James Version, 1611

Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:

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Gomer and all his troops, the house of Togarmah from the far north with all his troops — many peoples with you.

Plain English

Gomer and all his troops, the house of Togarmah from the far north with all his troops — plenty of peoples with you.

King James Version, 1611

Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

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Get ready and get yourself ready, you and all your crowd gathered to you, and be a guard for them.

King James Version, 1611

Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.

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After many days you'll be called up. In the last years you'll come into a land brought back from the sword, gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel that were a desolation for a long time. But it's been brought out from the peoples, and all of them are living safely.

Plain English

After plenty of days you'll be called up. In the last years you'll come into a land brought back from the sword, gathered out of plenty of peoples, on the mountains of Israel that were a wreck for a long time. But it's been brought out from the peoples, and all of them are living safely.

King James Version, 1611

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.

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And you'll come up like a storm coming on. You'll be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops and many peoples with you.

Plain English

And you'll come up like a storm coming on. You'll be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops and plenty of peoples with you.

King James Version, 1611

Thou 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.

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This is what the Lord GOD says: At that time things will come into your mind, and you'll think up a wicked plan.

Plain English

This is what the Lord God says: At that time things will come into your mind, and you'll think up a wicked plan.

King James Version, 1611

Thus 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:

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And you'll say: I'll go up to the land of open villages. I'll go to those at rest, living safely, all of them living without walls and with no bars or gates —

Plain English

And you'll say: I'll go up to the land of open villages. I'll go to the ones at rest, living safely, all of them living without walls and with no bars or gates —

King James Version, 1611

And 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,

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to take plunder and loot, to turn your hand upon desolate places that are inhabited again, and upon a people gathered out of the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods and live in the middle of the land.

Plain English

to take plunder and take loot, to turn your hand on the ruined places that are lived in again, and on the people gathered out of the nations, who've got cattle and goods and live in the middle of the land.

King James Version, 1611

To 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.

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Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its young lions will say to you: Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your crowd to take loot — to carry off silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to take a great plunder?

King James Version, 1611

Sheba, 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?

Like a cloud covering the land

So prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: This is what the Lord GOD says. On that day, when my people Israel are living safely, won't you know it? And you'll come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a big crowd and a mighty army. You will come up against my people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will be in the latter days, and I will bring you against my land, so the nations may know me when I show my holiness through you, Gog, before their eyes. This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one I spoke about in the old days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I'd bring you against them? And on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel, says the Lord GOD, my fury will come up in my face. Because in my jealousy and in the fire of my anger I've spoken: On that day there'll be a great shaking in the land of Israel. So the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven and the animals of the field and every creeping thing that creeps on the ground, and all the men on the face of the earth, will shake at my face. And the mountains will be thrown down and the cliffs will fall and every wall will fall to the ground. And I'll call for a sword against him through all my mountains, says the Lord GOD. Every man's sword will be against his brother. And I'll take it up with him with plague and with blood. And I'll rain down a flooding rain on him and on his troops and on the many peoples with him — great hailstones, fire and sulphur. In this way I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

So prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: This is what the Lord God says. On that day, when my people Israel are living safely, won't you know it? And you'll come from your place out of the far north, you and plenty of peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a big crowd and a mighty army. And you'll come up against my people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It'll be in the last days, and I'll bring you against my land — so the nations know me, when I'm made holy in you, Gog, in front of their eyes. This is what the Lord God says: Are you the one I spoke about in the old days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I'd bring you against them? And on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel, says the Lord God, my fury will come up in my face. Because in my jealousy and in the fire of my anger I've spoken: On that day there'll be a great shaking in the land of Israel. So the fish of the sea and the birds of the sky and the animals of the field and every creeping thing that creeps on the ground, and all the men on the face of the earth, will shake at my face. And the mountains will be thrown down and the cliffs will fall and every wall will fall to the ground. And I'll call for a sword against him through all my mountains, says the Lord God. Every man's sword will be against his brother. And I'll take it up with him with plague and with blood. And I'll rain down a flooding rain on him and on his troops and on the plenty of peoples with him — great hailstones, fire and sulphur. So I'll make myself big and make myself holy, and I'll make myself known in front of the eyes of plenty of nations. And they'll know that I'm the Lord.

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? And 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: And 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. Thus 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? And 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. For 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; So 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. And 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. And 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. Thus 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.

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So prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: This is what the Lord GOD says. On that day, when my people Israel are living safely, won't you know it?

Plain English

So prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: This is what the Lord God says. On that day, when my people Israel are living safely, won't you know it?

King James Version, 1611

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?

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And you'll come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a big crowd and a mighty army.

Plain English

And you'll come from your place out of the far north, you and plenty of peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a big crowd and a mighty army.

King James Version, 1611

And 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:

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You will come up against my people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will be in the latter days, and I will bring you against my land, so the nations may know me when I show my holiness through you, Gog, before their eyes.

Plain English

And you'll come up against my people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It'll be in the last days, and I'll bring you against my land — so the nations know me, when I'm made holy in you, Gog, in front of their eyes.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one I spoke about in the old days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I'd bring you against them?

Plain English

This is what the Lord God says: Are you the one I spoke about in the old days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I'd bring you against them?

King James Version, 1611

Thus 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?

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And on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel, says the Lord GOD, my fury will come up in my face.

Plain English

And on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel, says the Lord God, my fury will come up in my face.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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Because in my jealousy and in the fire of my anger I've spoken: On that day there'll be a great shaking in the land of Israel.

King James Version, 1611

For 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;

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So the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven and the animals of the field and every creeping thing that creeps on the ground, and all the men on the face of the earth, will shake at my face. And the mountains will be thrown down and the cliffs will fall and every wall will fall to the ground.

Plain English

So the fish of the sea and the birds of the sky and the animals of the field and every creeping thing that creeps on the ground, and all the men on the face of the earth, will shake at my face. And the mountains will be thrown down and the cliffs will fall and every wall will fall to the ground.

King James Version, 1611

So 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.

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And I'll call for a sword against him through all my mountains, says the Lord GOD. Every man's sword will be against his brother.

Plain English

And I'll call for a sword against him through all my mountains, says the Lord God. Every man's sword will be against his brother.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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And I'll take it up with him with plague and with blood. And I'll rain down a flooding rain on him and on his troops and on the many peoples with him — great hailstones, fire and sulphur.

Plain English

And I'll take it up with him with plague and with blood. And I'll rain down a flooding rain on him and on his troops and on the plenty of peoples with him — great hailstones, fire and sulphur.

King James Version, 1611

And 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.

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In this way I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Plain English

So I'll make myself big and make myself holy, and I'll make myself known in front of the eyes of plenty of nations. And they'll know that I'm the Lord.

King James Version, 1611

Thus 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.