“Sing, barren woman,
you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,
you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
than of her who has a husband,”
says the Lord.
“Enlarge the place of your tent,
stretch your tent curtains wide,
do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
strengthen your stakes.
For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
your descendants will dispossess nations
and settle in their desolate cities.
“Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
For your Maker is your husband—
the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of all the earth.
The Lord will call you back
as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,
only to be rejected,” says your God.
“For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord your Redeemer.
When Gog comes to the gate of Yerushalayim,
see it is because a accusation woke up,
because of the sin of Kain.
When he comes the first time,
a strong fire will appear,
between the Heavens and the Earth,
for three days.
And Gog will stand outside,
opposite the gate,
and Melech Hamoshiach will be inside.
The fire will separate them,
they will not harm each other.
When he will see that he cannot cause damage,
he will go back to his place.
“This will be to me the waters of Noah.
Just like I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth,
so now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again.“
And after that,
he will return a second time,
and then strong darkness will appear,
and how intense will be the anger in the world,
and some great mountains will be split.
Then he will retreat.
“Though the mountains be shaken,
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,”
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
“Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted,
I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,
your foundations with lapis lazuli.
I will make your battlements of rubies,
your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
All your children will be taught by the Lord,
and great will be their peace.
In righteousness you will be established:
Tyranny will be far from you;
you will have nothing to fear.
Terror will be far removed;
it will not come near you.
But come and see,
the evil one will think to become stronger,
as time goes on.
Just like Pharaoh the evil one
used to do,
as is written about him:
and Pharaoh saw that there was a break,
and he made his heart heavy.
For he imagined that his mazal could become stronger,
perhaps not today,
but then after a while.
Come and see,
that is Gog the evil one,
he will come a third time,
certainly.
But before he will come,
The Holy One, blessed is He, will rise,
and will obliterate the sin of Kain from the world.
It is a secret: He will sit, melting and purifying.
And when the evil one will come,
the sin can already not be found.
It is a secret: Why do nations gather, and regimes talk in vain?
In vain, certainly,
while they thought to use the sin to be stronger,
see, the sin is no longer.
For the same reason, the side of holiness gets stronger, with certainty.
By all the strong hand, two times when the sin is still not removed.
By all the awesome power, He will melt to refine,
before he will come the third time.
And when he will come, it will be said about him:
the righteous one is removed from affliction,
but the evil one comes in his place, really.
If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
whoever attacks you will surrender to you.
“See, it is I who created the blacksmith
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer to wreak havoc;
no weapon forged against you will prevail
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and this is their vindication from me,”
declares the Lord.
English Standard Version + Ramchal's Tikkun 60 + minor changes
