Prophecy Against Gog

38 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^k“Son of man, ^lset your face toward ^mGog, of the land of ⁿMagog, the ^ochief prince of ^pMeshech¹ and ^pTubal, and ^qprophesy against him 3 and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, ^rI am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech² and Tubal. 4 ^sAnd I will turn you about and ^tput hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and ^uall your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great host, all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords. 5 ^vPersia, ^wCush, and ^vPut are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; 6 ^xGomer and all his ^yhordes; ^zBeth-togarmah from ^athe uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes—^umany peoples are with you.

7 ^b“Be ready and keep ready, you and all your hosts that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them. 8 ^cAfter many days you will be mustered. ^dIn the latter years you will go against ^dthe land that is restored from war, the land whose people ^ewere gathered from many peoples upon ^fthe mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste. Its people were brought out from the peoples and ^gnow dwell securely, all of them. 9 You will advance, coming on ^hlike a storm. You will be ⁱlike a cloud covering the land, you and all your ^yhordes, and many peoples with you.

10 “Thus says the Lord God: On that day, ^jthoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme 11 and say, ‘I will go up against ^kthe land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon ^lthe quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’ 12 to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against ^mthe waste places that are now inhabited, and ^mthe people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, ⁿwho dwell at the center of the earth. 13 ^oSheba and ^pDedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all ^qits leaders³ 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?’

14 “Therefore, ^rson of man, prophesy, and say to ^sGog, Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are ^gdwelling securely, ^twill you not know it? 15 You will come from your place out of ^uthe uttermost parts of the north, you and ^vmany peoples with you, ^wall of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army. 16 You will come up against my people Israel, ⁱlike a cloud covering the land. ^xIn the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, ^yI vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

17 “Thus says the Lord God: Are you ^zhe 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? 18 But on that day, the day that Gog shall come against the land of Israel, declares the Lord God, ^amy wrath will be roused in my anger. 19 For ^bin my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day ^cthere shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20 ^dThe 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, ^eshall quake at my presence. And ^fthe mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground. 21 ^gI will summon a sword against Gog⁴ on all my mountains, declares the Lord God. ^hEvery man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 With pestilence and bloodshed ⁱI will enter into judgment with him, and ^jI will rain upon him and ^khis hordes and the many peoples who are with him ^ltorrential rains and hailstones, ^mfire and sulfur. 23 So I will show my greatness and my ⁿholiness and ^omake myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then ^pthey will know that I am the Lord.

39 “And you, ^qson of man, ^rprophesy against ^sGog and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, ^tI am against you, O Gog, ^uchief prince of ^vMeshech¹ and ^vTubal. 2 ^wAnd I will turn you about and drive you forward,² and bring you up from ^xthe uttermost parts of the north, and lead you against the ^ymountains of Israel. 3 Then ^zI will strike your bow from your left hand, and ^zwill make your arrows drop out of your right hand. 4 ^aYou shall fall on ^ythe mountains of Israel, you and all your ^bhordes and the peoples who are with you. ^cI will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. 5 You shall fall in the open field, for ^dI have spoken, declares the Lord God. 6 ^eI will send fire on ^fMagog and on those ^gwho dwell securely in ^hthe coastlands, and ⁱthey shall know that I am the Lord.

7 “And ^jmy holy name I will make known in the midst of my people Israel, and ^kI will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. And ^lthe nations shall know that I am ^mthe Lord, the Holy One in Israel. 8 ⁿBehold, it is coming and it will be brought about, declares the Lord God. That is the day ^oof which I have spoken.

9 “Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and ^pmake fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bow and arrows, ^qclubs³ and spears; and they will make fires of them for seven years, 10 so that they will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for ^pthey will make their fires of the weapons. ^rThey will seize the spoil of those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord God.

11 “On that day I will give to ^sGog 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 ^tHamon-gog.⁴ 12 For ^useven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order ^vto cleanse the land. 13 All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day that ^wI show my glory, declares the Lord God. 14 They will set apart men to travel through the land regularly and bury those travelers remaining on the face of the land, so as ^vto cleanse it. At⁵ the end of ^xseven months they will make their search. 15 And 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 ^yHamon-gog. 16 (Hamonah⁶ is also the name of the city.) Thus shall they cleanse the land.

17 “As for you, ^zson of man, thus says the Lord God: ^aSpeak to ^bthe birds of every sort and to ^ball beasts of the field: ‘Assemble and come, gather from all around to ^cthe 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. 18 ^dYou 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 ^efat beasts of Bashan. 19 And 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. 20 And 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 ^fI will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see ^gmy judgment that I have executed, and ^gmy hand that I have laid on them. 22 ^hThe house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God, from that day forward. 23 And ⁱthe nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they dealt so treacherously with me that ^jI hid my face from them and ^kgave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword. 24 I dealt with them ^laccording to their uncleanness and their transgressions, and hid my face from them.

The Lord Will Restore Israel

25 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now ^mI will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on ⁿthe whole house of Israel, and ^oI will be jealous for my holy name. 26 They shall ^pforget their shame and all the treachery they have practiced against me, when ^qthey dwell securely in their land with ^rnone to make them afraid, 27 ^swhen I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies’ lands, ^tand through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations. 28 ^hThen 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. 29 ^uAnd I will not hide my face anymore from them, when ^vI pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord God.”

Vision of the New Temple

40 ^wIn the twenty-fifth year ^xof our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, ^yin the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, ^zthe hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me to the city.¹ 2 In ^avisions of God he brought me to the land of Israel, and set me down on ^ba very high mountain, on which was a structure like a city to the south. 3 When he brought me there, behold, there was ^ca man whose appearance was ^dlike bronze, with ^ea linen cord and ^fa measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway. 4 And the man said to me, ^g“Son of man, ^hlook with your eyes, and ^hhear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. ⁱDeclare all that you see to the house of Israel.”

The East Gate to the Outer Court

5 And behold, there was ^ja wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man’s hand was six long cubits, ^keach being a cubit and a handbreadth² in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed. 6 Then he went into ^lthe gateway facing east, ^mgoing up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one reed deep.³ 7 And ⁿthe side rooms, one reed long and one reed broad; and the space between the side rooms, five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the vestibule of the gate at the inner end, one reed. 8 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, on the inside, one reed. 9 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; ^oand its jambs, two cubits; and the vestibule of the gate was at the inner end. 10 And there were three side rooms on either side of the east gate. ^pThe three were of the same size, and the jambs on either side were of the same size. 11 Then he measured the width of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits. 12 There was a barrier before the side rooms, one cubit on either side. And the side rooms were six cubits on either side. 13 Then he measured the gate from the ceiling of the one side room to the ceiling of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; the openings faced each other. 14 He measured also ^qthe vestibule, sixty cubits. And around the vestibule of the gateway was the court.⁴ 15 From the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the inner vestibule of the gate was fifty cubits. 16 And the gateway had ^rwindows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their ^sjambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were ^tpalm trees.

The Outer Court

17 Then he brought me into ^uthe outer court. And behold, there were ^vchambers and a ^wpavement, all around the court. ^xThirty chambers faced the pavement. 18 And the pavement ran along the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. This was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court,⁵ a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side.⁶

The North Gate

20 As for ^ythe gate that faced toward the north, belonging to ^uthe outer court, he measured its length and its breadth. 21 Its ⁿside rooms, three on either side, and its jambs and its vestibule were of the same size as those of ^zthe first gate. Its length was ^afifty cubits, and its breadth ^btwenty-five cubits. 22 And ^cits windows, its vestibule, and ^cits palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faced toward the east. And by seven steps ^dpeople would go up to it, and find its vestibule before them. 23 And opposite the gate on the north, as on the east, was a gate to ^ethe inner court. And ^fhe measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.

The South Gate

24 And he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south. And ^ghe measured its jambs and its vestibule; they had the same size as the others. 25 Both it and its vestibule ^hhad windows all around, like the windows of the others. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 26 And there were seven steps leading up to it, and its vestibule was before them, and it had ⁱpalm trees on its jambs, one on either side. 27 And there was a gate on the south of ^jthe inner court. And he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.

The Inner Court

28 Then he brought me to ^jthe inner court through the south gate, and ^khe measured the south gate. It was of the same size as the others. 29 Its ^lside rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, and both it and its vestibule ^mhad windows all around. ^mIts length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 30 And there were vestibules all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits broad. 31 Its vestibule faced the outer court, and ⁱpalm trees were on its jambs, and ⁿits stairway had eight steps.

32 Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and ^ohe measured the gate. It was of the same size as the others. 33 Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, and both it and its vestibule had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 34 ^pIts vestibule faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

35 Then he brought me to ^qthe north gate, and ^rhe measured it. It had the same size as the others. 36 Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others,⁷ and it had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits. 37 Its vestibule⁸ faced the outer court, and it had palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps.

38 There was ^sa chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate,^{9 t}where the burnt offering was to be washed. 39 And in the vestibule of the gate were two ^utables on either side, on which the ^vburnt offering and the ^wsin offering and the ^xguilt offering were to be slaughtered. 40 And off to the side, on the outside as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and off to the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables. 41 ^yFour tables were on either side of the gate, eight tables, ^zon which to slaughter. 42 And there were four tables ^aof hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid with which the ^vburnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered. 43 And hooks,¹⁰ a handbreadth long, were fastened all around within. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid.

Chambers for the Priests

44 On the outside of the inner gateway there were two ^bchambers¹¹ in the ^cinner court, one¹² at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south¹³ gate facing north. 45 And he said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests ^dwho have charge of the temple, 46 and the chamber that faces north is for the priests ^ewho have charge of the altar. These are ^fthe sons of Zadok, who alone¹⁴ among the sons of Levi may come ^gnear to the Lord to minister to him.” 47 And he measured the court, ^ha hundred cubits long and ^ha hundred cubits broad, a square. And ⁱthe altar was in front of the temple.

The Vestibule of the Temple

48 Then he brought me to ^jthe vestibule of the temple and measured the ^kjambs of the vestibule, five cubits on either side. And the breadth of the gate was fourteen cubits, and the sidewalls of the gate¹⁵ were three cubits on either side. 49 ^lThe length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve¹⁶ cubits, and people would go up to it by ten steps.¹⁷ And there were pillars beside the jambs, one on either side.

The Inner Temple

41 Then he brought me to ^mthe nave and measured the ⁿjambs. On each side six cubits¹ was the breadth of the jambs.² 2 And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sidewalls of the entrance were five cubits on either side. And he measured the length of the nave,^{3 o}forty cubits, and its breadth, ^ptwenty cubits. 3 Then he went ^qinto the inner room and measured the jambs of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the sidewalls on either side⁴ of the entrance, seven cubits. 4 And he measured ^rthe length of the room, twenty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits, across ^sthe nave. And he said to me, “This is ^tthe Most Holy Place.”

5 Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of ^uthe side chambers, four cubits, ^uall around the temple. 6 And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, ^vthirty in each story. There were offsets⁵ all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, ^wso that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple. 7 And it became broader as it wound upward to the side chambers, because the temple was enclosed upward all around the temple. Thus the temple had a broad area upward, and ^xso one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story. 8 I saw also that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of ^ysix long cubits. 9 The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. ^zThe free space between the side chambers of the temple and the 10 ^aother chambers was a breadth of ^btwenty cubits all around the temple on every side. 11 And the doors of the ^cside chambers opened on ^dthe free space, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. And the breadth of the free space was five cubits all around.