Ezekiel 39:11-22

11 "On that day I will give to 1Gog a place for burial in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the sea. It will block the travelers, for there Gog and all his multitude will be buried. It will be called the Valley of 2Hamon-gog.[a]
12 For 3seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order 4to cleanse the land.
13 All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day that 5I show my glory, declares the Lord GOD.
14 They will set apart men to travel through the land regularly and bury those travelers remaining on the face of the land, so as 6to cleanse it. At[b] the end of 7seven months they will make their search.
15 And when these travel through the land and anyone sees a human bone, then he shall set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of 8Hamon-gog.
16 (Hamonah[c] is also the name of the city.) Thus shall they cleanse the land.
17 "As for you, 9son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: 10Speak to 11the birds of every sort and to 12all beasts of the field, 'Assemble and come, gather from all around to 13the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you shall eat flesh and drink blood.
18 14You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth--of rams, of lambs, and of he-goats, of bulls, all of them 15fat beasts of Bashan.
19 And you shall eat fat till you are filled, and drink blood till you are drunk, at the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you.
20 And you shall be filled at my table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all kinds of warriors,' declares the Lord GOD.
21 "And 16I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see 17my judgment that I have executed, and 18my hand that I have laid on them.
22 19The house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God, from that day forward.

Ezekiel 39:11-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 39

This chapter is a continuation of the prophecy of the destruction of Gog, which is both repeated, and more largely described, Eze 39:1-8, then follows an account of the burning of his weapons of war, which will last seven years in burning, during which time there will be no need of the use of wood, Eze 39:9,10, and of the burial of him, and many of his army; the place where, and the time that will be taken up in doing this, even seven months, are observed, Eze 39:11-16, and every feathered fowl and beast of the field are called upon to feed on the flesh of those that are left unburied, Eze 39:17-20 and by all this the glory of the Lord will be seen, known, and acknowledged, both by the Heathens, and by the house of Israel, Eze 39:21,22, and the former will also be informed that the present captivity of the Jews has been for their sins and transgressions, Eze 39:23,24, and the chapter is concluded with a promise of their return from captivity, when they shall know the Lord, and their interest in him; who will after this no more hide his face from them, but pour out his Spirit upon them, under whose influence they shall ever continue, Eze 39:25-29.

Cross References 19

  • 1. Ezekiel 38:2
  • 2. ver. 15
  • 3. [ver. 14]
  • 4. [Deuteronomy 21:23]
  • 5. Ezekiel 28:22
  • 6. [See ver. 12 above]
  • 7. [ver. 12]
  • 8. ver. 11
  • 9. See Ezekiel 2:1
  • 10. [Revelation 19:17]
  • 11. ver. 4; [Jeremiah 12:9]
  • 12. ver. 4; [Jeremiah 12:9]
  • 13. [Isaiah 34:6; Zephaniah 1:7]
  • 14. [Revelation 19:18]
  • 15. [Psalms 22:12]
  • 16. ver. 7, 13; [Ezekiel 28:22; Ezekiel 37:28; Ezekiel 38:23]; See Ezekiel 36:23
  • 17. [Exodus 7:4]
  • 18. [Exodus 7:4]
  • 19. ver. 28; Joel 2:27; See Ezekiel 6:7

Footnotes 3

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