Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto God, 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 for _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
(verses 14-23).
The awful fate of the invaders is now prophetically announced. The
prophet is commanded to address Gog. They know that Israel dwelleth
safely and they come to take the prey, to carry away silver and gold,
cattle and goods and a great spoil (verse 13). The Lord permits it all
so that He might be sanctified and magnified by the manifestation of His
power in judgment, so that through this judgment the nations might know
Him (verses 16, 23). When they come into the land then His fury will
come into His 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." The next chapter gives the prophecy of the judgment upon Gog
in detail.