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:
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;
- BSB 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.
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Ezek 39:2And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
- Ezek 38:6Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
- Rev 20:8And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
- Zeph 3:8Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
- Zech 12:2–4Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
- Zech 14:2–3For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
- Rev 16:14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
- Dan 11:40And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
- Rev 16:16And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
- Joel 3:2I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
- Ezek 38:4And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
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