God tells Ezekiel to prophesy against Gog and declare that he will turn Gog around and drag him forward from the far north to the mountains of Israel—transitioning from the general judgment announced in chapter 38 to the specific execution of that judgment. The image of being turned around and dragged establishes that Gog has no agency in his own defeat; he is captured and led like a prisoner to the place of slaughter. The dragging forward to the mountains of Israel emphasizes that Gog will meet his end in the very land he sought to conquer; his invasion concludes not in victory but in his own annihilation on Israel's territory. This verse begins the account of the actual execution of judgment announced in the previous chapter. The repetition of themes from chapter 38 creates continuity between the prophecy of judgment and its narrative fulfillment.

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