Ezekiel 39

Ezekiel 39:1

“As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

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Ezekiel 39:2

I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.

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north parts Heb. sides of the north

Ezekiel 39:3

Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.

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Ezekiel 39:4

On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.

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sort Heb. wing

to be devoured Heb. to devour

Ezekiel 39:5

You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.

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Ezekiel 39:6

I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.

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Ezekiel 39:7

So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

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Ezekiel 39:8

Yes, it is coming, and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD. This is the day of which I have spoken.

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Ezekiel 39:9

Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.

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set on fire The language here employed seems to intimate that the army of Gog will be cut off by miracle , as that of Sennacherib; for the people are described as going forth , not to fight and conquer , but merely to gather the spoil , and to destroy the weapons of war , as no longer of use. , hand staves , or , javelins

and they When the immense number and destruction of the invaders are considered , and also the little fuel comparatively which is necessary in warm climates , we may easily conceive of this being literally fulfilled.

burn them with fire or , make a fire of them

Ezekiel 39:10

They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.

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Ezekiel 39:11

And on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.

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the valley Probably the valley near the Sea of Gennesareth , as the Targum renders , and so called because it was the great road by which the merchants and traders from Syria and other Eastern countries went into Egypt. Perhaps what is now called the plains of Haouran , south of Damascus.

noses or , mouths

Ezekiel 39:12

For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.

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Ezekiel 39:13

All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day I display My glory, declares the Lord GOD.

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Ezekiel 39:14

And men will be employed to continually pass through the land to cleanse it by burying the invaders who remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search.

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continual employment Heb. continuance

Ezekiel 39:15

As they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.

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Ezekiel 39:16

(Even the city will be named Hamonah.) And so they will cleanse the land.

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Hamonah that is , The multitude

Ezekiel 39:17

And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.

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every feathered fowl Heb. the fowl of every wing

sacrifice or , slaughter

Ezekiel 39:18

You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.

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Ezekiel 39:19

At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk.

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Ezekiel 39:20

And at My table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, of mighty men and warriors of every kind,’ declares the Lord GOD.

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Ezekiel 39:21

I will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment that I execute and the hand that I lay upon them.

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Ezekiel 39:22

From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.

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Ezekiel 39:23

And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.

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Ezekiel 39:24

I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them.

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Ezekiel 39:25

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.

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Ezekiel 39:26

They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them.

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Ezekiel 39:27

When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations.

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Ezekiel 39:28

Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.

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Ezekiel 39:29

And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD."

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