7. So keep your troops prepared to fight,
8. because in a few years, I will command you to invade Israel, a country that was ruined by war. It was deserted for a long time, but its people have returned from the foreign nations where they once lived. The Israelites now live in peace in the mountains of their own land.
9. But you and your army will attack them like a fierce thunderstorm and surround them like a cloud.
10. When that day comes, I know that you will have an evil plan
11. to take advantage of Israel, that weak and peaceful country where people live safely inside towns that have no walls or gates or locks.
12. You will rob the people in towns that were once a pile of rubble. These people lived as prisoners in foreign nations, but they have returned to Israel, the most important place in the world, and they own livestock and property.
13. The people of Sheba and Dedan, along with merchants from villages in southern Spain, will be your allies. They will want some of the silver and gold, as well as the livestock and property that your army takes from Israel.
14. I, the Lord God, know that when you see my people Israel living in peace,
15. you will lead your powerful cavalry from your kingdom in the north.
16. You will attack my people like a storm cloud that covers their land. I will let you invade my country Israel, so that every nation on earth will know that I, the Lord, am holy.
17. The Lord said to Gog:Long ago, I made my prophets warn the people of Israel that some day I would send an enemy to attack them. You, Gog, are that enemy, and that day is coming.
18. When you invade Israel, I will become furious,
19. and in my anger I will send a terrible earthquake to shake Israel.