A   And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge: Thou sonne of man, turne thy face towarde Gog in the londe of Magog, which is the chefe prynce at Mesech and Tubal: prophecy agaynst him, and saye: ^note Thus saieth the LORDE God: O Gog thou chefe prynce of Mesech and Tubal: beholde, I wil vpon the, and wil turne the aboute, and put a bytt in thy chawes: I wil bringe the forth and all thine hoost, both horse ∧ horsmen, which be all weapened of the best fashion: a greate people, that handle altogether speares, shyldes, and swerdes: the Perses, Moryans and with them the Lybians, which all beare shyldes and helmettes: Gomer, and all his hoostes: the house of Thogorma out of the north quarters, and all his hoostes, yee and moch people with the.

Therfore prepare the, set thy self in araye with all thy people, that are come vnto the by heapes, and be thou their defence. After many dayes thou shalt be visited, and in the latter yeares thou shalt come in to the l&obar;de, that hath bene destroyed with the swearde, ∧ now is replenished agayne &wt; dyuerse people vpon the mountaynes of Israel, which haue l&obar;ge lyen waist. Yee they be brought out of the nacions, ∧ dwell all safe. Thou shalt come vp like a stormy wether, to couer the l&obar;de, and as it were a darcke cloude: thou with all thine hoostes, and a greate multitude of people with the.

B   Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE God: At the same tyme shal many thinges come in to thy mynde, so that thou shalt ymagyn myschefe, and saye: I wil vp to yonder playne londe, seinge they syt at ease, and dwell so safely (for they dwell all without eny walles, they haue nether barres nor dores) to spoyle them, to robbe th&ebar;, to laye honde vpon their so wel inhabited wildernesses: agaynst that people, þt; is gathered together from amonge the Heith&ebar;, which haue gotten catell and good, and dwell in the myddest of the londe. Then shal Saba and Dedan and the marchauntes of Tharsis &wt; all their Worthies, saye vnto the: Art thou come to robbe? Hast thou gathered thy people together, because thou wilt spoyle? to take syluer and golde: to cary awaye catell and good: and to haue a greate pray?

Therfore, o thou sonne of man, thou shalt prophecie, and saye vnto Gog: Thus saieth the LORDE God: In that daye thou shalt knowe, that my people of Israel dwelleth safe: and shalt come from thy place, out of the north partes: thou and moch people &wt; the, which ryde vpon horses, wherof there is a greate multitude and an innumerable sorte. Yee thou shalt come vpon my people of Israel, as a cloude to couer the l&obar;de. This shal come to passe in the latter dayes: I wil bringe the vp in to my londe, that the Heithen maye knowe me, when I get me honoure vpon the (o Gog) before their eyes.

Thus saieth the LORDE God: Thou art he, of whom I haue spoken aforetyme, by my seruauntes þe; prophetes of Israel, which prophecied in those dayes ∧ yeares, that I shulde bringe the vpon them. C   At the same tyme, when Gog commeth vp in to the londe of Israel (saieth the LORDE God) shal my indignaci&obar; go forth in my wrath. For in my gelousy and hote displeasure I haue deuysed, ^note that there shalbe a greate trouble in the londe of Israel at that tyme. The very fy&esset;shes in the see, the foules of the ayre, the beestes of the felde, and all the men þt; are vpon the earth, shal tremble for feare of me.

The hilles also shalbe turned vpsidedowne, the stayres of stone shal fall, and all walles shal syncke to the grounde. I wil call for a swearde vpon them in all my mountaynes, saieth the LORDE God: so that euery mans swearde shal be vpon another. With pestil&ebar;ce and bloude wil I punysh him: stormy rayne and hale stones, fyre and brymstone, wil I cause to rayne vpon him and all his heape, yee and vpon all that greate people that is with him. Thus wil I be magnified, honoured, and knowne amonge the Heithen: that they maye be sure, how þt; I am þe; LORDE.

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