God declares that in his wrath there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel, the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all people on the face of the earth will quake before God. This earthquake represents a theophany—a physical manifestation of God's presence and power—and its effects encompassing all creation suggest that the divine response is cosmic in scale. The enumeration of creatures (fish, birds, beasts, creeping things) recalls the creation account and suggests that all creation participates in the reversal of Gog's invasion. The quaking of all people establishes that the judgment of Gog becomes known to all humanity; none can be unaware of God's intervention. This verse emphasizes that God's response to the invasion is not merely military but cosmic; the entire created order participates in the display of divine power. The earthquake as divine response recalls other theophanic earthquakes in biblical tradition.

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