And you will come from your place out of the far north—you and many peoples with you, all riding horses—a mighty horde, a huge army.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army;
- KJV And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
- NKJV Then you will come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army.
- NASB You will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding horses, a large assembly and a mighty army;
- NLT You will come from your homeland in the distant north with your vast cavalry and your mighty army,
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Quick answer
Gog will come from the far north with many peoples, a great and mighty army on horseback. The invading force is immense and powerful.
Overview
From the uttermost north Gog leads a vast mounted host against God's people. The emphasis on the army's might magnifies the apparent danger. But the greater the enemy's strength, the clearer it becomes that victory belongs to the Lord alone, who needs no help to save.
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Cross-references · 11
- Ezek 39:2I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.
- Ezek 38:6as well as Gomer with all its troops, and Beth-togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.
- Rev 20:8and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
- Zeph 3:8Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
- Zech 12:2–4“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.
- Zech 14:2–3For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
- Rev 16:14These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
- Dan 11:40At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.
- Rev 16:16And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
- Joel 3:2I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.
- Ezek 38:4I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.
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