15 And come from thy place out of the North parts, thou and much people with thee? all shall ride upon horses, even a great multitude and a mighty army.

16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land, thou shalt be in the [a]latter days, and I will bring thee upon my land, that the heathen may know me, when I [b]shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

17 Thus saith the Lord God, Art not thou he, of whom I have spoken in old time, [c]by the hand of my servants the Prophets of Israel which prophesied in those days and years, that I would bring thee upon them?

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 38:16 Meaning, in the last age, and from the coming of Christ unto the end of the world.
  2. Ezekiel 38:16 Signifying, that God will be sanctified by maintaining his Church, and destroying his enemies, as Ezek. 36:23 and 37:28.
  3. Ezekiel 38:17 Hereby he declareth that none affliction can come to the Church, whereof they have not been advertised aforetime, to teach them to endure all things with more patience, when they know that God hath so ordained.

15 You will come from your place in the far north,(A) you and many nations with you, all of them riding on horses, a great horde, a mighty army.(B) 16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud(C) that covers the land.(D) In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy(E) through you before their eyes.(F)

17 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You are the one I spoke of in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel. At that time they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them.

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