Ezekiel 39
Legacy Standard Bible
Prophecy About Gog’s Judgment
39 “Now as for (A)you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, [a]chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; 2 and I will turn you around, drive you on, take you up from the remotest parts of the north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel. 3 And I will (B)strike your bow from your left hand and cause your arrows from your right hand to fall. 4 You will (C)fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you as (D)food to every [b]kind of predatory bird and beast of the field. 5 You will fall on the [c]open field; for it is I who have spoken,” declares Lord Yahweh. 6 “And I will send (E)fire upon Magog and those who inhabit the (F)coastlands securely; and they will know that I am Yahweh.
7 “And My (G)holy name I will make known in the midst of My people Israel; and I will not let My holy name be (H)profaned anymore. And the (I)nations will know that I am Yahweh, the (J)Holy One in Israel. 8 Behold, it is coming, and it shall be done,” declares Lord Yahweh. “That is the day of which I have spoken.
9 “Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will (K)go out and make (L)fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and large shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears; and for seven years they will make fires of them. 10 They will not carry wood from the field or gather firewood from the forests, for they will make fires with the weapons; and they will take the spoil of those who made them into spoil and seize the (M)plunder of those who plundered them,” declares Lord Yahweh.
11 “And it will be in that day, that I will give Gog a burial ground there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea, and it will block off those who would pass by. So they will bury Gog there with all his multitude, and they will call it the valley of [d]Hamon-gog. 12 And for seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to (N)cleanse the land. 13 Even all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be [e]unto their (O)name on the day that I (P)glorify Myself,” declares Lord Yahweh. 14 “Now they will set apart men who will continually pass through the land, (Q)burying those who were passing through, even those left on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search. 15 And those who pass through the land will pass through, and when anyone sees a man’s bone, he will [f]set up a marker by it until the buriers have buried it in the valley of [g]Hamon-gog. 16 And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land.”’
17 “Now as for you, son of man, thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Say to every [h]kind of (R)bird and to every (S)beast of the field, “Gather and come, assemble from every side to My sacrifice which I am going to (T)sacrifice for you, as a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood. 18 You will (U)eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were (V)rams, lambs, goats, and (W)bulls, all of them fatlings of (X)Bashan. 19 So you will eat fat until you are satisfied and drink blood until you are drunk, from My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 20 And you will be satisfied at My table with (Y)horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all the men of war,” declares Lord Yahweh.
21 “And I will put My (Z)glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed and My hand which I have placed on them. 22 And the house of Israel will (AA)know that I am Yahweh their God from that day onward. 23 And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their (AB)iniquity because they acted unfaithfully against Me, and I (AC)hid My face from them; so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and all of them fell by the sword. 24 (AD)According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I dealt with them, and I hid My face from them.”’”
Israel Will Live in Security
25 Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, “Now I will return the [i](AE)fortunes of Jacob and have compassion on the whole (AF)house of Israel; and I will be (AG)jealous for My holy name. 26 So they will [j](AH)forget their dishonor and all their unfaithfulness which they [k]perpetrated against Me, when they (AI)live securely on their own land with (AJ)no one to make them tremble. 27 When I (AK)return them from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then I shall (AL)prove Myself holy [l]through them in the sight of the many nations. 28 Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God because I made them go into exile among the nations, and then collected them again to their own land; and I will leave none of them there any longer. 29 And I will not hide My face from them any longer, for I will have (AM)poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,” declares Lord Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 39:1 Or prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal
- Ezekiel 39:4 Lit wing
- Ezekiel 39:5 Lit face of the
- Ezekiel 39:11 Or the multitude of Gog
- Ezekiel 39:13 Or a memorial for them
- Ezekiel 39:15 Lit build
- Ezekiel 39:15 Or the multitude of Gog
- Ezekiel 39:17 Lit wing
- Ezekiel 39:25 Or captivity
- Ezekiel 39:26 Or bear
- Ezekiel 39:26 Lit acted unfaithfully
- Ezekiel 39:27 Lit in
Ezekiel 39
King James Version
39 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord God; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord God.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
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.
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord God.
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward.
23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28 Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
Ézéchiel 39
La Bible du Semeur
En pâture aux rapaces
39 Et toi, fils d’homme, prophétise sur Gog et dis : Voici ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel : Je m’en prends à toi, Gog, prince suprême[a] de Méshek ainsi que de Toubal, 2 je te ferai faire demi-tour et je te conduirai. Je te ferai venir des confins du septentrion pour te faire arriver sur les montagnes d’Israël. 3 Je frapperai ton arc pour que ta main gauche le lâche et je ferai tomber tes flèches de ta droite. 4 Sur les montagnes d’Israël, tu tomberas, toi et tes bataillons, et les peuples qui seront avec toi. Je donnerai ton corps en pâture à toutes sortes d’oiseaux de proie, et aux bêtes sauvages. 5 Tu tomberas là-bas dans les campagnes, car c’est moi qui le dis. C’est là ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel. 6 J’enverrai le feu dans Magog et sur tous ceux qui vivent dans la sécurité dans les îles et les régions côtières, et ils reconnaîtront que je suis l’Eternel. 7 Je ferai reconnaître ma sainteté au milieu d’Israël, mon peuple, et je ne me laisserai plus profaner, moi qui suis saint, et les autres peuples sauront que je suis l’Eternel, le Saint en Israël.
Au feu les armes
8 Tout cela va venir et tout s’accomplira. C’est là ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel : Le jour dont j’ai parlé viendra[b]. 9 Alors les habitants des villes d’Israël sortiront allumer un feu, ils brûleront les armes : petits et grands boucliers, arcs et flèches, bâtons et javelots. Ils en feront du feu qui durera sept ans. 10 Ils n’iront plus aux champs pour ramasser du bois, ils n’auront plus besoin d’aller dans les forêts pour abattre des arbres, car c’est avec les armes que l’on fera du feu, et ils dépouilleront ceux qui les avaient dépouillés et pilleront tous ceux qui les avaient pillés. C’est là ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel.
11 Là-bas, en ce jour-là, je donnerai à Gog un lieu de sépulture en Israël : la vallée des Abarim[c], à l’orient de la mer, et cela bouchera le chemin aux passants. On y enterrera Gog et toute sa multitude ; on l’appellera la vallée de la Multitude de Gog.
12 La communauté d’Israël les ensevelira afin que le pays soit purifié et cela prendra sept mois. 13 Tous les gens du pays y participeront, et ce sera pour eux un titre de fierté, le jour où je démontrerai ma gloire. C’est là ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel.
14 On choisira des hommes dont la mission sera de parcourir sans cesse le pays tout entier pour chercher les cadavres demeurés sur le sol, et pour les enterrer afin de purifier le pays d’Israël. Quand les sept mois seront passés, ils feront leurs recherches. 15 Et quand ces inspecteurs parcourront le pays, lorsque l’un d’eux verra des ossements humains, il dressera à côté d’eux un tas de pierres jusqu’à ce que les fossoyeurs les aient portés en terre dans la vallée de la Multitude de Gog. 16 Et « Multitude » est aussi le nom d’une ville[d]. Mais le pays sera purifié.
17 Quant à toi, fils d’homme, voici ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel : Crie aux oiseaux de toutes sortes et aux bêtes sauvages : « Venez, rassemblez-vous ! Accourez de partout en vue du sacrifice que j’offre pour vous. C’est un grand sacrifice sur les montagnes d’Israël : vous mangerez de la chair et vous boirez du sang. 18 Oui, vous vous repaîtrez de la chair des guerriers et vous boirez le sang des princes de la terre, ce sont tous des béliers, des agneaux et des boucs, et de jeunes taureaux, tous engraissés au Basan. 19 Vous mangerez à satiété de la graisse, et vous boirez du sang jusqu’à l’ivresse à l’occasion du sacrifice que j’offre pour vous. 20 Vous vous repaîtrez à ma table de la chair des chevaux, des hommes d’équipage des chars, des guerriers et de tous les soldats. C’est là ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel. »
21 Je manifesterai ma gloire parmi les peuples non israélites, et tous ces peuples verront mon jugement quand je l’exercerai, ils sentiront la force de mon bras que je ferai peser sur eux. 22 La communauté d’Israël reconnaîtra à partir de ce jour-là que je suis l’Eternel, son Dieu. 23 Et les autres peuples sauront que si la communauté d’Israël a été menée en exil, c’est parce qu’elle avait péché, c’est parce que ses membres m’ont été infidèles. Je me suis détourné d’eux et je les ai livrés au pouvoir de leurs ennemis, et ils sont tous tombés sous les coups de l’épée. 24 C’est parce qu’ils se sont rendus impurs et ont transgressé ma loi que je les ai traités ainsi et que je me suis détourné d’eux.
Un avenir glorieux
25 C’est pourquoi le Seigneur, l’Eternel, déclare ceci : Maintenant je ramènerai les captifs[e] de Jacob, et j’aurai pitié de toute la communauté d’Israël et j’aurai le plus grand souci de faire respecter ma sainteté. 26 Ils auront alors honte en considérant toutes les révoltes dont ils se sont rendus coupables envers moi, l’Eternel, lorsqu’ils habiteront en paix et en sécurité dans leur propre pays, sans avoir rien à craindre de personne. 27 Lorsque je les ramènerai du milieu des peuples étrangers, que je les rassemblerai des pays de leurs ennemis, et que je manifesterai ma sainteté par ce que je ferai en leur faveur aux yeux de nombreux peuples, 28 ils reconnaîtront que je suis moi, l’Eternel leur Dieu : car je les ai envoyés en exil au sein de peuples étrangers puis je les ai rassemblés dans leur propre pays sans en laisser un seul là-bas. 29 Et plus jamais je ne me détournerai d’eux quand j’aurai répandu mon Esprit sur la communauté d’Israël, c’est là ce que déclare le Seigneur, l’Eternel.
Footnotes
- 39.1 Voir 38.2 et note.
- 39.8 Voir Jr 4.1-17.
- 39.11 Une vallée du pays de Moab par laquelle passait la route des caravanes reliant Damas à la mer Rouge et à l’Arabie.
- 39.16 Cette remarque intrigante fait-elle référence à une ville qui portera ce nom au temps de Gog ? Ou bien à la ville infidèle de Jérusalem à l’époque du prophète ? Le terme multitude a en effet été employé précédemment dans des oracles d’Ezéchiel dénonçant les fautes de Jérusalem et annonçant son châtiment (Ez 7.11-14 ; 23.42). Il y aurait alors un contraste entre la situation contemporaine et la purification future du pays.
- 39.25 je ramènerai les captifs. Autre traduction : je changerai le sort.
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