When Israel in Safety Shall Dwell

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Lyrics from A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1845

Hymn 87
L.M.
1. When Israel in safety shall dwell,
In cities without fence or wall,
Thus saith the Lord God unto thee,
Know's thou not, O Gog, it's by me.

2. And wilt thou come up from the north,
And with thee many riding horse,
To take a great and mighty spoil,
Of cattle, silver, gold and oil.

3. Art thou not he of whom I've told,
By prophets long since time of old,
And as the thing is taking place,
God's fury comes up in his face.

4. In his fierce wrath and jealousy,
A mighty shaking there shall be,
So that the fowls, fishes, and beast,
And man, from greatest to the least,

5. Shall fear and quake when he doth come,
And walls and mountains tumble down,
He'll call a sword in all the land,
And brother fall by brother's hand.

6. With pestilence and also blood,
And fire and brimstone, saith the Lord,
And hail and overflowing rain,
Thus will I plead with man again.

7. Come, then, ye birds and rav'nous beasts,
To my great sacrifice and feast,
Of flesh and blood for you prepared,
As in my holy word declared.

8. The princes, kings, and mighty men,
With bullocks too, and horses slain,
A mighty host of men from far,
Who've come with Gog up to this war.

9. The heathen then shall know the Lord,
He has proved faithful to his word,
By saving Israel from their fears,
And comes to reign a thousand years.