Ezekiel 38

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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, 

Tell Gog I have something against him,

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

Gog is not famous to me in my reading.  This tells me, that no matter who you are, how well known you may be, or how the world does not see you God does.  God brings a rebuke against a place that is not well known.  This place did evil, and God is addressing it.

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: 

I will stop you from your wrongdoings.  I will bring you back, and you will not have any power to stop Me.

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.

All the other nations who work with you will also be stopped. 

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

You and your company be prepared and stand guard.

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. 

After My people have returned home safely, you will try to bring an attack on 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. 

You will try a surprise attack on my people.  This will happen many years from now, but I see your plan and end.

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: 

During this time you will have 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. 

You will plan an unexpected attack.  God is telling Ezekiel about a matter that will happen that He has already brought an end to.

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? 

God calls the names of the person who will want to know what are you doing?

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. 

You will come in, and People will see me as who I am.  God is speaking of many years from the day He spoke to Ezekiel.

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? 

I will say, are you the one I told Ezekiel about?

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. 

I will show you who is in charge on that day!  You will see My anger in your 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.

On this day, the whole earth will shake when I make My move. 

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. 

I will call for a sword, and you will fight with your own people.

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.

I will fight against you with a plague and sword; God will cause it to rain a flood of rain with large hailstones, with guns and bullets on all the people who came to fight with you.  Then I will get the attention of many nations that I am God, and they will know who I am.