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“‘“Many days from now—in the latter years—you will be summoned to a land that has been restored from violence.[a] You will be gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which formerly had been a continuous waste, but which will be populated with people who have been brought back from the nations. All of them will be living there securely. You’ll arise suddenly, like a tornado, coming like a windstorm[b] to cover the land, you and all your soldiers with you, along with many nations.”’”

The Invasion Strategy

10 “This is what the Lord God says: ‘This is what’s going to happen on the very day that you begin your invasion: You’ll be thinking,[c] making evil plans,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 38:8 Lit. from the sword
  2. Ezekiel 38:9 Or cloud
  3. Ezekiel 38:10 Lit. thinking in your heart

After many days(A) you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations(B) to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety.(C) You and all your troops and the many nations with you will go up, advancing like a storm;(D) you will be like a cloud(E) covering the land.(F)

10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind(G) and you will devise an evil scheme.(H)

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