Gog and Magog
Gog and Magog are a pair of names that appear in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament of the Christian Bible, and the Quran, variously ascribed to individuals, tribes, or lands. In Ezekiel 38, Gog is an individual and Magog is his land. By the time of the New Testament's Revelation 20, Jewish-Christian tradition had come to view Ezekiel's "Gog from Magog" as "Gog and Magog".
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[edit]- When the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison and will emerge to lead astray the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—in order to gather them for battle. They are as numerous as the sands of the sea.
- They marched across the breadth of the earth[b] and laid siege to the camp of the saints and the beloved city. However, fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
- Book of Revelation 20:7-9 NCB.
- Say: Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. I will turn you around and affix hooks in your jaws, and I will lead you forth with your entire army—your horses and your horsemen, all of them fully equipped, and a huge horde with bucklers and shields, all of them brandishing their swords.
- Accompanying them will be the forces of Persia, Ethiopia, and Put, all with shields and helmets; Gomer and all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the far north with all its troops—a huge assemblage gathered in support of you.
- Book of Ezekiel 38:3-6 NCB.
- Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are living securely, will you not rouse yourself and come forth from your home in the far recesses of the north, you and many nations with you, a mighty army of soldiers beyond counting, all of them riding on horses? You will come forth against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the final days, I will bring you against my land so that the nations will know me when through you, O Gog, I display my holiness before their eyes.
- Thus says the Lord God: It was you of whom I spoke in former days through my servants, the prophets of Israel, who prophesied for many years that I would bring you against them. On that day, when Gog attacks the land of Israel, says the Lord God, my fury will be aroused.
- Ezekiel 38:14-18 NCB.
