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Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 38

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Chapter 38 of Ezekiel—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And the word of Jehovah continued to occur to me, saying:
  2. “Son of man,1 set your face against Gog [of] the land of Maʹgog,[a]2 the head chieftain[b] of Meʹshech3 and Tuʹbal,4 and prophesy against him.
  3. And you must say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: “Here I am against you, O Gog, you head chieftain of Meʹshech and Tuʹbal.
  4. And I shall certainly turn you around and put hooks in your jaws5 and bring you forth with all your military force,6 horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in perfect taste,7 a numerous congregation, with large shield and buckler, all of them handling swords;8
  5. Persia,9 E·thi·oʹpi·a[c]10 and Put11 with them, all of them with buckler and helmet;
  6. Goʹmer12 and all its bands, the house of To·garʹmah,13 [of] the remotest parts of the north, and all its bands, many peoples with you.14
  7. ¶ “‘“Be ready, and let there be preparation on your part, you with all your congregation,15 those congregated alongside you, and you must become their guard.
  8. ¶ “‘“After many days you will be given attention. In the final part of the years you will come to the land16 [of people] brought back from the sword, collected together out of many peoples,17 onto the mountains of Israel, that have proved to be a constantly devastated place; even [a land][d] that has been brought forth from the peoples, [where] they have dwelt in security, all of them.18
  9. And you will be bound to come up. Like a storm you will come in.19 Like clouds to cover the land you will become,20 you and all your bands and many peoples with you.”’
  10. ¶ “This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said, ‘And it must occur in that day that things will come up into your heart,21 and you will certainly think up an injurious scheme;22
  11. and you must say: “I shall go up against the land of open rural country.23 I shall come in upon those having no disturbance, dwelling in security, all of them dwelling without wall,24 and they do not have even bar and doors.”
  12. It will be to get a big spoil25 and to do much plundering, in order to turn your hand back upon devastated places reinhabited26 and upon a people gathered together out of the nations,27 [one] that is accumulating wealth and property,28 [those] who are dwelling in the center[e]29 of the earth.
  13. ¶ “‘Sheʹba30 and Deʹdan31 and the merchants of Tarʹshish32 and all its maned young lions33—they will say to you: “Is it to get a big spoil that you are coming in? Is it to do much plundering that you have congregated your congregation, in order to carry off silver and gold, to take wealth and property, to get a very great spoil?”’
  14. ¶ “Therefore prophesy, O son of man, and you must say to Gog, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said: “Will it not be in that day when my people Israel are dwelling in security that you will know [it]?34
  15. And you will certainly come from your place, from the remotest parts of the north,35 you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great congregation, even a numerous military force.36
  16. And you will be bound to come up against my people Israel, like clouds to cover the land.37 In the final part of the days it will occur, and I shall certainly bring you against my land,38 for the purpose that the nations may know me when I sanctify myself in you before their eyes, O Gog.”’39
  17. ¶ “This is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said, ‘Are you the same one of whom I spoke in the former days by the hand of my servants the prophets of Israel, who were prophesying in those days—years—as to bringing you in upon them?’
  18. ¶ “‘And it must occur in that day, in the day when Gog comes in upon the soil of Israel,’ is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah, ‘that my rage will come up into my nose.40
  19. And in my ardor,41 in the fire of my fury, I shall have to speak.42 Surely in that day a great quaking will occur in the soil[f] of Israel.43
  20. And because of me the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and the wild beasts of the field and all the creeping things that are creeping on the ground and all mankind[g] that are upon the surface of the ground will be bound to shiver,44 and the mountains will actually be thrown down45 and the steep ways will have to fall, and to the earth even every wall will fall.’
  21. ¶ “‘And I will call forth against him throughout all my mountainous region a sword,’ is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.46 ‘Against his own brother the sword of each one will come to be.47
  22. And I will bring myself into judgment48 with him, with pestilence49 and with blood;50 and a flooding downpour and hailstones,51 fire52 and sulphur I shall rain down upon him and upon his bands and upon the many peoples that will be with him.53
  23. And I shall certainly magnify myself and sanctify myself54 and make myself known before the eyes of many nations; and they will have to know that I am Jehovah.’55

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Gog [of] the land of Magog,” MT; LXX, “Gog and the land of Magog”; Sy, “Gog and against the land of Magog”; Vg, “Gog, the land of Magog.” “Magog” is an artificial form equivalent to “home of Gog,” according to KB, p. 493.
  2. ^ “Head chieftain.” Or, “chieftain of Rosh.” Vg, “head prince”; LXX, “ruler of Rosh”; Sy, “leader and head.”
  3. ^ “Ethiopia.” Heb., Kush; LXXVg, “Ethiopians.”
  4. ^ Lit., “it,” fem., referring to “land,” fem.
  5. ^ Lit., “navel.” Lat., um·bi·liʹci.
  6. ^ Or, “the ground.” Heb., ʼadh·mathʹ.
  7. ^ Or, “earthling men.” Heb., ha·ʼa·dhamʹ.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Eze 39:1
  2. ^ Eze 38:15; 39:6
  3. ^ Eze 32:26
  4. ^ Is 66:19; Eze 27:13
  5. ^ 2Ki 19:28; Eze 29:4; 39:2
  6. ^ Eze 38:15
  7. ^ Eze 23:12
  8. ^ Je 46:9
  9. ^ Eze 27:10
  10. ^ Eze 30:5
  11. ^ 1Ch 1:8
  12. ^ Ge 10:2
  13. ^ Ge 10:3; Eze 27:14
  14. ^ Eze 39:2
  15. ^ Is 8:9; Je 46:3; Jl 3:9
  16. ^ Is 66:8
  17. ^ Mt 24:31
  18. ^ Je 23:6; Eze 28:26; 34:25
  19. ^ Is 28:2
  20. ^ Je 4:13
  21. ^ Ps 83:4
  22. ^ Pr 6:18; Re 17:13
  23. ^ Ex 15:9; Je 49:31
  24. ^ Is 26:1; Zc 2:4
  25. ^ Pr 1:13
  26. ^ Je 33:12
  27. ^ Zc 10:8
  28. ^ Is 60:5; 61:6
  29. ^ Zc 2:8
  30. ^ Eze 27:22
  31. ^ Eze 27:15
  32. ^ Eze 27:25
  33. ^ Je 50:17
  34. ^ Eze 38:8
  35. ^ Eze 39:2
  36. ^ Zp 3:8
  37. ^ Eze 38:9
  38. ^ Jl 3:2
  39. ^ Ex 14:4; 2Ki 19:19; Ps 83:18; 148:14; Eze 36:23; 39:21; Mt 6:9
  40. ^ De 32:22; Na 1:2; Heb 12:29
  41. ^ Ps 78:21
  42. ^ Heb 12:29
  43. ^ Hab 3:6
  44. ^ Ho 4:3
  45. ^ Je 4:24; Na 1:5
  46. ^ Eze 14:17
  47. ^ 2Ch 20:23; Hg 2:22; Zc 14:13
  48. ^ Je 25:31
  49. ^ Zc 14:12
  50. ^ Is 66:16
  51. ^ Ex 9:22; Jos 10:11; Ps 18:12
  52. ^ Is 29:6; 30:30
  53. ^ Ge 19:24; Ps 11:6
  54. ^ Le 22:32; Eze 36:23
  55. ^ Ps 9:16; Eze 25:17

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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