1 Verder het die woord van die HERE tot my gekom en gesê:
2 Mensekind, rig jou aangesig teen Gog, in die land Magog, die vors van Ros, Meseg en Tubal, en profeteer teen hom
3 en sê: So spreek die Here HERE: Kyk, Ek het dit teen jou, o Gog, vors van Ros, Meseg en Tubal!
4 En Ek sal jou weglok en hake in jou kakebene sit en jou laat uittrek en jou hele leër, perde en ruiters, almal volkome toegerus, 'n groot menigte met die groot en die klein skild, wat almal die swaard hanteer;
5 Perse, Kusiete en Put,ërs saam met hulle, almal met skild en helm;
6 Gomer en al sy leërs, die huis van Togarma, in die uithoeke van die Noorde, en al sy leërs -- baie volke saam met jou.
7 Hou jou reg en maak jou klaar, jy en al jou menigtes wat by jou vergader het; en wees vir hulle 'n leidsman.
8 N baie dae sal jy bevel ontvang; aan die einde van die jare sal jy 'n land intrek wat van die swaard weer reggekom het, wat versamel is uit baie volke, op die berge van Israel wat gedurigdeur as puinhoop daar gelê het -- ja, dit is uit die volke uitgebring, en hulle woon almal in veiligheid.
9 Dan sal jy optrek soos 'n onweer wat aankom, jy sal wees soos 'n wolk om die land te oordek, jy en al jou leërs en baie volke saam met jou.
10 So sê die Here HERE: In die dag sal daar gedagtes in jou hart opkom, en jy sal 'n listige plan beraam
11 en sê: Ek sal optrek teen die land wat ooplê, ek sal kom by rustige mense wat in veiligheid woon; wat almal woon sonder muur en geen grendel of poorte het nie;
12 om buit te maak en roof te rowe, om jou hand uit te steek teen die puinhope wat weer bewoon is, en teen 'n volk wat uit die nasies versamel is, wat vee en goed verwerf het, wat op die middelpunt van die aarde woon.
13 Skeba en Dedan en die koopmans van Tarsis en al sy jong leeus sal vir jou sê: Kom jy om buit te maak? Het jy jou menigte bymekaar laat kom om roof te rowe? Om silwer en goud weg te dra, om vee en goed weg te neem, om 'n groot buit te maak?
14 Daarom, profeteer, o mensekind, en sê aan Gog: So spreek die Here HERE: Sal jy dit nie opmerk in die dag as my volk Israel veilig woon nie?
15 Dan sal jy kom uit jou woonplek, uit die agterhoeke van die Noorde, jy en baie volke saam met jou wat almal op perde ry, 'n groot menigte en 'n magtige leër;
16 en jy sal optrek teen my volk Israel soos 'n wolk om die land te oordek. Aan die einde van die dae sal dit wees -- dan sal Ek jou teen my land laat aankom, sodat die nasies My kan ken as Ek My in jou, o Gog, voor hulle oë as die Heilige laat ken.
17 So sê die Here HERE: Is jy dit van wie Ek in die voortyd gespreek het deur my knegte, die profete van Israel, wat in die dae geprofeteer het, jare lank, dat Ek jou teen hulle sal laat aankom?
18 Maar in die dag, die dag as Gog teen die land van Israel aankom, spreek die Here HERE, sal my grimmigheid in my neus opkom.
19 Ja, in my ywer spreek Ek, in die vuur van my grimmigheid: Waarlik, in die dag sal daar 'n groot aardbewing wees in die land van Israel,
20 sodat van my aangesig af weg sal bewe die visse van die see en die voëls van die hemel en die wilde diere van die veld en al die gedierte wat op die grond kruip, en al die mense wat op die aarde is; en die berge sal omvergegooi word en die kranse inmekaarstort en al die mure op die aarde val.
21 En Ek sal die swaard oproep teen hom na al my berge, spreek die Here HERE; die swaard van die een sal teen die ander wees.
22 En Ek sal met hom in die gereg gaan deur pes en deur bloed; en oorstromende stortreën en haelstene, vuur en swawel op hom laat reën en op sy leërs en op baie volke wat saam met hom is.
23 So sal Ek My dan as groot en as heilig laat ken en Myself bekend maak voor die oë van baie nasies; en hulle sal weet dat Ek die HERE is.
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4 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: 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 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. 9 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. 10 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: 11 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, 12 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. 13 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?
14 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? 15 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: 16 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. 17 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? 18 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. 19 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; 20 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. 21 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. 22 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. 23 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.