Hello John and Doves,

re:  23 June 2019 "400 Year Old Prophecy - Hormuz"  http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/june2019/chance623-2.htm
400 Year Old Prophecy - Hormuz

In re-looking at Rabbi Shlomo Ephraims' prophecy about the Gog War - "...there will be a sacrifice in Basra that should be in the war of Gog and Magog and that it should happen or occur in a place by Basra named Hormuz...its name is Basra and it is next to Asher which is Assyria and Persia in between the boundary of the land of Edom - The Hormuz."

I wondered about the word 'sacrifice' - I looked it up in Strong's and found that it could also mean slaughter; butchery (figuratively) of men (destruction).

Did this rabbi predict a military attack in the Strait of Hormuz?  Maybe an attack on and sinking of a carrier?  There may be British war ships along with American war ships in the Persian Gulf/Gulf of Oman.  An attack on these ships with anti-ship ballistic missiles would be able to kill thousands at a time and somewhat quickly.  This would indeed be a 'slaughter'.

A carrier strike group could have 10,000 to 15,000 sailors and contractors on board. A US aircraft carrier has about 5,500 souls on board. To date, Iran has had plenty of time to test and perfect their anti-ship ballistic missiles.

I found a 1606 map of the Ottoman Empire labeled with the Strait of Basra or "Basora Fretum".  An earlier name for the Strait of Hormuz.  Rabbi Shlomo Ephraim served as the Rabbi of Prague from 1604 to 1619.  So this is the map of the time period for this area.
Turkish_Empire_1606.jpg (1962×1515)

Will there be a military slaughter in the Strait of Hormuz?  Will this help explain why none of Israel's allies come to her aid in the Gog War?

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

Maranatha!

Chance

Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4967: Slaughter, sacrifice. From sphazo; butchery (figuratively) of men (destruction).