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20 Every living thing on earth will tremble in fear of me—every fish and bird, every wild animal and reptile, and every human. Mountains will crumble, cliffs will fall, and cities will collapse. 21 I, the Lord, will make the mountains of Israel turn against you.[a] Your troops will be so terrified that they will attack each other. 22 I will strike you with diseases and punish you with death. You and your army will be pounded with rainstorms, hailstones, and burning sulfur.

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Footnotes

  1. 38.21 I, the Lord … against you: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

20 The fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble(A) at my presence. The mountains will be overturned,(B) the cliffs will crumble(C) and every wall will fall to the ground.(D) 21 I will summon a sword(E) against Gog on all my mountains, declares the Sovereign Lord. Every man’s sword will be against his brother.(F) 22 I will execute judgment(G) on him with plague and bloodshed;(H) I will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones(I) and burning sulfur(J) on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.(K)

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