V. 1. And the watt of God came to me, saying:
V. 2. Son of man, turn against Gog, who is of the land of Magog, and a prince of the lords of Meshech and Thubal, and prophesy of him, and say:
Mesech and Thubal are also Tattern and of the people back there, who are called Schütten or Schotten; however Mesech reads, as if the Moschobiter come from them, that is, the Reussen.
V. 3 Thus says God the Lord: Behold, I will be with you, Gog, who are a prince of the lords of Meshech and Tubal.
V. 4. Behold, I will turn thee about, and will put a bridle in thy mouth, and will cause thee to come forth, with all thine army, horse and man, all well groomed, a great company, with spear and shield, and all that bear the sword.
V. 5 For there are with thee Persians, and Moors, and of Libya, all having shields and helmets.
The Persians are adjacent to the Arabian Empire, so the Turks will also have a number of them.
V. 6: "Gomer and his army, together with the house of Thogarmah, which is on the north side, and all his army, even a great nation is with thee.
Gomer and Thogarma, his son, Gen. 10, 3, I think, are the Wends, because at the Turkish court they speak Wendish.
V. 7 Prepare thyself, thou, and all thy company that are with thee, and be thou their keeper; that thou mayest visit long after,
Guardian, their supreme and sole master.
V. 8. and after many years have passed, come into the land that was brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many nations, that is, into the mountains of Israel, which were always desolate, and are now executed out of many nations, and all dwell safely.
V. 9. you will come up like a tumultuous one, and you will be like a cloud covering the land, you and your army, and the great people with you.
V. 10. Thus says God the Lord: "In due time it will occur to you, and it will be evil in your mind," and remember:
V.11. I will invade the unguarded land and come upon those who dwell securely and without care, as they all sit there without walls and have neither bars nor gates;
V. 12 That thou mayest rob and plunder, and let thine hand go upon the spoiled that are brought again, and upon the people that are gathered out of the heathen, and that are gathered into food, and are hardly set down, and dwell in the midst of the land.
V.13. The kingdom of Arabia, Dedan, and the merchants of the sea, and all the mighty men that are there, shall say unto thee, I mean, thou art come to rob, and hast gathered thy companies to plunder, that thou mayest take away silver and gold, and gather cattle and goods, and commit great robbery.
Dedan is a piece of rich Arabia; so Mahomet is buried in rich Arabia, at Mecha.
That is: O you do right and well, always continue, happiness to.
right, that is, you are the right emperor and lord.
V. 14 Therefore prophesy, O son of man, and say to Gog: Thus saith GOD the LORD; Is it not so? that thou shalt know when my people Israel shall dwell safely,
V.15. So you will come out of your place, that is, from the ends toward the north, you and a great people with you, all on horseback, a great multitude, and a mighty army.
V.16. And thou shalt come up upon my people Israel, as a cloud that covereth the land; thou shalt be cast in the latter days. But I will bring thee into my land, that the heathen may know me, as I am sanctified in thee, O Gog, in their sight.
V. 17 Thus says God the Lord: "You are the one I spoke of in days gone by through my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied at that time that I would bring you upon them.
V.18. And it shall come to pass, when Gog shall come upon the land of Israel, saith GOD the LORD, that my wrath shall come up in my fury.
My anger, that is, Gog is my wrath and ruthlessness, because of my Christians' sin.
V.19. And I speak these things in my zeal, and in the fire of my wrath. At that time there will be great trembling in the land of Israel.
V. 20. That the fish of the sea, the fowl of the air, the cattle of the field, and every living thing that moveth upon the face of the earth, and every man that is upon the earth, and the mountains, should tremble at my presence.
be reversed, and the walls fall, and all the walls fall to the ground.
This is the work of Gog.
V.21. But I will call upon him with the sword upon all my mountains, saith GOD the LORD; and every man's sword shall be against every man's sword.
Let them strangle themselves in the army among themselves.