15 As they go through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will leave a marker beside it until the gravediggers bury it in the Valley of Hamon Gog, 16 near a town called Hamonah.[a] And so they will cleanse the land.’

17 “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Call out to every kind of bird(A) and all the wild animals: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrifice I am preparing for you, the great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:16 Hamonah means horde.

15 The search party will pass through the land; and when anyone sees a man’s bone, he shall [a]set up a marker by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog. 16 The name of the city will also be [b]Hamonah. Thus they shall (A)cleanse the land.” ’

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17 “And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God, (B)‘Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field:

(C)“Assemble yourselves and come;
Gather together from all sides to My (D)sacrificial meal
Which I am sacrificing for you,
A great sacrificial meal (E)on the mountains of Israel,
That you may eat flesh and drink blood.

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  1. Ezekiel 39:15 build
  2. Ezekiel 39:16 Lit. Multitude

15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.

16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

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