3 I, the Lord God, am your enemy,
4 and I will make you powerless! I will put a hook in your jaw and drag away both you and your large army. You command cavalry troops that wear heavy armour and carry shields and swords.
5 Your army includes soldiers from Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya,
6 as well as from Gomer and Beth-Togarmah in the north. Your army is enormous!
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.