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"Son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: 'This is wht the Sovereign LORD
says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
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I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north
and send you against the mountains of Israel.
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Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop
from your right hand.
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On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and
the nations with you. I will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds
and to the wild animals.
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You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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I will send fire on Magag and on those who ive in safety in the coastlands,
and they will know that I am the LORD.
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" 'I will make my holy name known among my people Israel. I will no longer
let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the LORD
am the Holy One in Israel.
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It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign LORD.
This is the day I have spoken of.
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" 'Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons
for fuel and burn them up - the small and large shields, the bows and arrows,
the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.
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They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests,
because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder those
who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign
LORD.
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" 'On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of those
who travel east toward the Sea. It will block the way of travelers, because
Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley
of Hamon Gog.
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" 'For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to
cleanse the land.
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All the people of the land will bury them, and the day I am glorified
will be a memorable day for them,declares the Sovereign LORD.
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" 'Men will be regularly employed to cleanse the land. Some will go
throughout the land, and in addition to them, others will bury those remain
on that ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search.
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As they go through the land and one of the sees a human bone,
he will set up a marker beside it until the gravediggers have buried it
in the Valley of Hamon Gog.
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(Also a town called Hamonah will be there.) And so they will cleanse the land.'
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"Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Call out to every kind of bird
and all the wild animals: 'Assemble and come together from all around to the
sacrifice I am preparing for you, the great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel.
There you will eat flesh and drink blood.
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You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth
as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bulls - all of them fattened animals
from Bashan.
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At the sacrifice I am preparing for you, you will eat fat till you are glutted and
drink blood till you are drunk.
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At my table yiu will eat your fill of horses and riders, mighty men and soldiers
of every kind,' declares the Sovereign LORD.
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"I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see
the punishment I inflict and the hand I lay upon them.
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From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
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And the nations will know that the people of Israel went into exile for their sin,
because they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and
handed them over to their enemies, and they all fell by the sword.
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I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their offenses,
and I hid my face from them.
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"Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
I will now bring Jacob back from captivity and will have compassion
on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.
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They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed
toward me when they lived in safety in their land with no one to
make them afraid.
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When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them
from the countries of their enemies, I will show myself holy through them
in the sight of many nations.
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Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, for though I sent them
into exile among the nations, I will gather them to their own land,
not leaving any behind.
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I will no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit
on the house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD."
