Ezekiel 38
- 1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
- 2Son of man, set your face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
- 3And say, The Lord God says this. I am against you, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
- 4And I will turn you back, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company with small and large shields, all of them handling swords:
- 5Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them. All of them with shield and helmet:
- 6Gomer, and all his bands. The house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with you.
- 7Be prepared, and prepare for yourself, you, and all your company that are assembled to you, and Be a guard to them.
- 8After many days you shall be visited: in the latter years you shall 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 out of the nations, and they shall live safely all of them.
- 9You shall ascend and come like a storm, you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and all your bands, and many people with you.
- 10The Lord God says this. It shall also happen, that at the same time shall things come into your mind, and you shall think an evil thought:
- 11And you shall say, I will go up to the land of villages without walls. I will go to those who are at rest, that live safely, all of them living without walls, and having no bars or gates,
- 12To take plunder, and to take a prey. To turn your hand on the ruins that are now inhabited, and on the people who are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that live in the middle of the land.
- 13Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, shall say to you, Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your company to take a prey? To carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great plunder?
- 14Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, The Lord God says this. In that day when my people of Israel lives safely, shall you not know it?
- 15And you shall come from your place out of the north parts, you, and many people with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
- 16And you shall 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 you against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in you, O Gog, before their eyes.
- 17The Lord God says this. Are you the one I have spoken of in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring you against them?
- 18At the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord God, my fury shall come up in my face.
- 19For 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.
- 20So that the fishes of the sea, and the birds of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the men who are on 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.
- 21And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, says the Lord God: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
- 22And I will plead against him with plague and with blood. And I will rain on him, and on his bands, and on the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur.
- 23So I will make myself great, and sanctify myself. And I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Ezekiel 38 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
GIGAKJVAnd the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
KJVSon of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
GIGAKJVSon of man, set your face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
KJVAnd say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
GIGAKJVAnd say, The Lord God says this. I am against you, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
KJVAnd 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:
GIGAKJVAnd I will turn you back, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company with small and large shields, all of them handling swords:
KJVPersia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
GIGAKJVPersia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them. All of them with shield and helmet:
KJVGomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
GIGAKJVGomer, and all his bands. The house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with you.
KJVBe thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
GIGAKJVBe prepared, and prepare for yourself, you, and all your company that are assembled to you, and Be a guard to them.
KJVAfter 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.
GIGAKJVAfter many days you shall be visited: in the latter years you shall 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 out of the nations, and they shall live safely all of them.
KJVThou 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.
GIGAKJVYou shall ascend and come like a storm, you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and all your bands, and many people with you.
KJVThus 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:
GIGAKJVThe Lord God says this. It shall also happen, that at the same time shall things come into your mind, and you shall think an evil thought:
KJVAnd 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,
GIGAKJVAnd you shall say, I will go up to the land of villages without walls. I will go to those who are at rest, that live safely, all of them living without walls, and having no bars or gates,
KJVTo 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.
GIGAKJVTo take plunder, and to take a prey. To turn your hand on the ruins that are now inhabited, and on the people who are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that live in the middle of the land.
KJVSheba, 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?
GIGAKJVSheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, shall say to you, Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your company to take a prey? To carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great plunder?
KJVTherefore, 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?
GIGAKJVTherefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, The Lord God says this. In that day when my people of Israel lives safely, shall you not know it?
KJVAnd 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:
GIGAKJVAnd you shall come from your place out of the north parts, you, and many people with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall 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 you against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in you, O Gog, before their eyes.
KJVThus 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?
GIGAKJVThe Lord God says this. Are you the one I have spoken of in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring you against them?
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAt the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord God, my fury shall come up in my face.
KJVFor 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;
GIGAKJVFor 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.
KJVSo 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.
GIGAKJVSo that the fishes of the sea, and the birds of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the men who are on 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.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, says the Lord God: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd I will plead against him with plague and with blood. And I will rain on him, and on his bands, and on the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur.
KJVThus 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.
GIGAKJVSo I will make myself great, and sanctify myself. And I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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