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"Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am going to take the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land;

"They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will save them from all their transgressions in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. So they will be My people, and I will be their God.

"My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.

and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief ruler of Meshech and Tubal.

'Thus says the Lord GOD, "It will come about on that day that thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan,

"Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "On that day when My people Israel live securely, will you not become aware of it [and become active]?

'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you (Gog) against them?

"It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "that My wrath will rise and show on My face.

"I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains," says the Lord GOD. "Every man's (invading soldier's) sword will be against his brother (ally) [in panic and confusion].

"And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince (ruler) of Meshech and Tubal;

"You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken," says the Lord GOD.

"Behold, it is coming and it will be done," says the Lord GOD. "That is the day of which I have spoken.

"They will not take any wood from the field or cut down and gather [any] firewood from the forests, because they will make their fires using the weapons. And they will take the spoil from those who despoiled them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them," says the Lord GOD.

"Yes, all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be to their renown on the day that I appear in My glory and brilliance," says the Lord GOD.

"As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Say to every kind of bird and to every animal of the field, "Assemble and come, gather from every side to My sacrifice that I am slaughtering for you, as a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you will eat flesh and drink blood.

"You will eat your fill at My table with horses and riders, with mighty men, and with all the men of war," says the Lord GOD.

"So the house of Israel will know [with absolute confidence] that I am the LORD their God from that day forward.

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob (Israel) and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely mine].

"Then they will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD their God because I made them go into exile among the nations, and then gathered them to their own land. I will leave none of them there [among the nations] any longer.

"I will not hide My face from them any longer, because I will have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel," says the Lord GOD.