⁷ When the thousand years end, Satan will be let out of his prison. ⁸ He will go out to deceive the nations of the world and gather them together, with Gog and Magog, for battle—a mighty host, numberless as sand along the shore. ⁹ They will go up across the broad plain of the earth and surround God’s people and the beloved city of Jerusalem^[a] on every side. But fire from God in heaven will flash down on the attacking armies and consume them.