Which nations will come with Russia or the Northern Confederation down to Israel's mountains?
According to the prophetic passage, the nations accompanying Russia or the Northern Confederation down to Israel's mountains include Persia, which is modern Iran, and Ethiopia. The context identifies these as part of the consortium of nations and peoples that will come against Israel in the last days.
Les explains that God will turn the Russian forces away from Western Europe and bring them down into the Middle East, but not Russia alone. Verse 5 lists a consortium of nations and peoples that will come with the Russians or the Northern Confederation down to the hills and mountains of Israel. The specific nations named in the context are Persia, which is now Iran, and Ethiopia. Les notes that before Communism fell apart, these nations were either already Communist or on the verge of becoming so, and that Ethiopia had recently been a hotbed of Communism in Africa.
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: