The. holie. Bible. conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe.

The .xxxix. Chapter.

1 He sheweth the destruction of Gog and Magog. 11 The graue of Gog and his hoast. 1•• He prophecieth that Gog and his companie shalbe deuoured of birdes and beastes. 23 Wherfore the house of Israel is wasted. 25 Their bringing againe from captiuitie is promised.

[unspec 1] 1 THerfore O thou sonne of man, prophecie a∣gainst Gog, & speake, thus sayth the Lorde God: Behold O Gog, thou chiefe prince at Mesech and Tubal, I will vpon thee.

2 And I wil turne thee about, and I wil (a) 1.1prouoke thee forward, and cause thee to come vp from the north partes, and bring thee vp to the mountaynes of Is∣rael.

3 As for thy bow, I wil smite it out of thy left hande, and cause thyne arrowes to fall out of thy right hande.

4 Thou with all thyne hoast, and all the people that is with thee, shall fall vpon the mountaynes of Israel: then will I geue thee vnto the (b) 1.2 flockes of birdes [euen] to all fethered foules and beastes of the fielde, to be deuoured.

5 Thou shalt fal vpon the open fielde: for I haue spoken it, sayth the Lorde God.

6 Into Magog, and among those that sit so carelesse in the (c) 1.3 Iles will I sende a fire, and they shal know that I am the Lorde.

7 I will make also the name of my holi∣nesse [unspec B] to be knowen among my people of Israel, and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: but the very heathen also shall knowe that I am the Lord, the holy one of Israel.

8 Behold it is * 1.4 come, and it is done, sayth the Lorde God: this is the day wherof I haue spoken.

9 They that dwell in the cities of Israel, shall go foorth and (e) 1.5 set fire vpon the weapons, and burne them, shieldes and speares, bowes & arowes, hand staues and * 1.6 swordes, and they shal burne them with fire seuen yeres.

10 So that they shall els bring no wood from the fielde, neither hew downe any out of the wood: for with weapons shal they make their fire, they shall rob those that robbed them, and spoyle those that spoyled them, sayth the Lorde God.

11 At the same time wil I geue vnto Gog a place to be buried in Israel, euen the valley wherethrough men go towarde the east sea: those that trauayle thereby, shall (f) 1.7 stop their noses, there shall Gog and all his multitute be buried, & it shal∣be called the valley of the “ 1.8 multitude of Gog.

12 Seuen monethes long shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the lande.

13 Yea all the people of the land shal burie them, and they shall haue a name when I shalbe glorified, sayth the Lord God.

14 They shall chose out men to go conti∣nually [unspec C] thorowe the lande, to (g) 1.9 burie as they passe through those that remayne vpon the ground, to cleanse it: after the end of seuen monethes, shall they make their searche.

15 And the trauaylers that passe thorowe the land, where they see a mans bone, they shal set vp a token by it, til the dead buriers haue buried it also in the valley of the multitude of Gog.

16 And the name of the citie shalbe called (h) 1.10Hamonah: thus shall they make the lande cleane.

17 And thou sonne of man, thus sayth the Lord God: Speake vnto the birdes and all fethered foules, yea and to all the beastes of the fielde, Assemble you toge∣ther, and come, gather you round about to my (i) 1.11 sacrifice that I sacrifice for you, [euen] a great sacrifice vpon the moun∣taynes of Israel, that ye may eate fleshe, and drinke blood.

18 Ye shall eate the fleshe of the valiaunt, and drinke the blood of the princes of the land, of the rammes, of the weathers, of the goates, and of the bullockes, that be all fed at Basan.

19 Ye shall eate the fat your belly full, and drinke blood till ye be drunken of my sa∣crifice, which I haue sacrificed for you.

20 Ye shall fil you at my table with horses & horsemen, with the valiaunt and men of warre, sayth the Lorde God.

21 I wil set my glorie also among the gen∣tiles, [unspec D] that all the heathen may see my iudgement that I haue executed, & my hand whiche I haue layde vpon them.

22 And the house of Israel shall knowe that I am the Lorde their God, from that day, and so forwarde.

23 And the heathen shal know, that wher∣as the house of Israel was led into cap∣tiuitie, it was for their (k) 1.12 wicked∣nesse sake, because they offended me: for the which cause I hyd my face from them, & deliuered them into the handes of their enemies, that they might all be slayne with the sworde.

24 According to their vncleanesse, & ac∣cording to their transgressions haue I done vnto them, & hid my face frō them.

25 Therefore thus sayth the Lorde God: Nowe will I bring againe the captiues of Iacob, and haue mercie vpon the whole house of Israel, and be ielous for my holy names sake,

26 After that they haue borne their shame, and all their transgression, wherby they haue transgressed against me when they dwelt safely in their lande, and no man to feare them:

27 And when I haue brought them a∣gaine from among the people, when I haue gathered them together out of their enemies landes, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations:

28 Then shall they knowe that I am the [unspec E] Lorde their God, which caused them to be led into captiuitie among the hea∣then, but haue gathered them againe into their owne land, and not left one of them any more there.

29 After that wil I hyde my face no more from them, but will powre out my spi∣rite vpon the house of Israel, sayth the Lorde God.

Notes

• (a) 1.1

  That is, I will encou∣rage thee with clapping and stroking, as men do horses when they wil encourage thē
• (b) 1.2

  Hereby he signifieth that which is wont to befall in warre: that the bodies of the slayne should be vn∣buried.
• (c) 1.3

  That is, among all na∣tions where the enemies of my people dwel, ••eme they neuer so farre separate
• * 1.4

  That is, this plag••e is fully determi∣ned in my counsell, and can not be chaunged.
• (e) 1.5

  After this destruction, shalbe such peace & tran∣quill••tie, that th•• shal neede no weapons of warre, but burne them al with fire
• * 1.6

  Or, Iaue∣lin••.
• (f) 1.7

  For the stinke of the carkases, that shal lye slayne there vnbu∣ried.
• “ 1.8

  Or, Ha•• Gog.
• (g) 1.9

  Partly that the holy land shoulde not be pollu∣ted, and partly for the com∣passion which the children of God haue, euē vpon their enemies,
• (h) 1.10

  So called, for the multi∣tude of the people of Gog that should be slayne there.
• (i) 1.11

  As solemne sacrifices were common feastes to great multi∣tudes of peo∣ple assembled; so was this slaughter as a great sacrifice and feaste for all birdes and beastes to fede vpon.
• (k) 1.12

  The hea∣then shall know that they ouercame not my people by their owne strength, nei∣ther yet by the weaknesse of myne arme, but that this was for my people sinnes.