Ezekiel 38:1-9

1The Lord gave this message to me:

2‘Son of man, turn and look towards Gog, in the land of Magog. He is the most important prince of Meshech and Tubal. Speak my message to warn him.

3Say, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: I am your enemy, Gog, prince of Meshech and Tubal.

4I will turn you around. I will put hooks into your mouth and catch you. I will take hold of you and your great army, with its horses and their riders. I will take hold of all your soldiers, who are ready to fight with their swords and their shields. I will pull them all away.

5Soldiers from Persia, Ethiopia and Libya will be there with your army. They all have shields and helmets.

6All the soldiers from Gomer will join you. An army from Beth Togarmah will also come with all its soldiers from far away in the north. So armies from many nations will be with you.”

7Say to Gog, “Prepare to fight! You must be ready to command all the armies that are with you.

8After many days you will have to bring your soldiers together to fight a battle. In the years at the end of time, you will go to attack the land of Israel. It will be a land that has become strong again after war. The people there will have returned from other nations. They will all be living safely in that land that had become heaps of stones. They will all be together on Israel's mountains.

9Then you will attack them. You, with your armies and all the people with you, will attack them like a great storm. You will be like a dark cloud that covers the land.