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Ezekiel 39:9-16
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9 “‘Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling[a]—the shields,[b] bows and arrows, war clubs and spears—they will burn them for seven years. 10 They will not need to take[c] wood from the field or cut down trees from the forests because they will make fires with the weapons. They will take the loot from those who looted them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them,[d] declares the Sovereign Lord.

11 “‘On that day I will assign Gog a grave in Israel. It will be the valley of those who travel east of the sea; it will block the way of the travelers. There they will bury Gog and all his horde; they will call it the Valley of Hamon Gog.[e] 12 For seven months Israel[f] will bury them, in order to cleanse the land. 13 All the people of the land will bury them, and it will be a memorial[g] for them on the day I magnify myself, declares the Sovereign Lord. 14 They will designate men to scout continually[h] through the land, burying those who remain on the surface of the ground,[i] in order to cleanse it. They will search for seven full months. 15 When the scouts survey[j] the land and see a human bone, they will place a sign by it, until those assigned to burial duty have buried it[k] in the valley of Hamon Gog. 16 (A city by the name of Hamonah[l] will also be there.) They will cleanse the land.’

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  1. Ezekiel 39:9 tn Heb “burn and kindle the weapons.”
  2. Ezekiel 39:9 tn Two different types of shields are specified in the Hebrew text.
  3. Ezekiel 39:10 tn Heb “they will not carry.”
  4. Ezekiel 39:10 tn Heb “loot their looters and plunder their plunderers.”
  5. Ezekiel 39:11 tn The name means “horde of Gog.”
  6. Ezekiel 39:12 tn Heb “the house of Israel.”
  7. Ezekiel 39:13 tn Heb “name.”
  8. Ezekiel 39:14 tn Heb “men of perpetuity.”
  9. Ezekiel 39:14 tn Heb “and bury the travelers and those who remain on the surface of the ground.” The reference to “travelers” seems odd and is omitted in the LXX. It is probably an accidental duplication (see v. 11).
  10. Ezekiel 39:15 tn Heb “as the scouts scout.”
  11. Ezekiel 39:15 tn That is, the aforementioned bone.
  12. Ezekiel 39:16 tn This name appears to be a feminine form of the word “horde,” used in the name Hamon Gog.
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Ezekiel 39:9-16
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9 “‘Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up—the small and large shields, the bows and arrows,(A) the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.(B) 10 They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder(C) those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign Lord.(D)

11 “‘On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of those who travel east of the Sea. It will block the way of travelers, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried(E) there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon Gog.[a](F)

12 “‘For seven months the Israelites will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.(G) 13 All the people of the land will bury them, and the day I display my glory(H) will be a memorable day for them, declares the Sovereign Lord. 14 People will be continually employed in cleansing the land. They will spread out across the land and, along with others, they will bury any bodies that are lying on the ground.

“‘After the seven months they will carry out a more detailed search. 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.[b] And so they will cleanse the land.’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:11 Hamon Gog means hordes of Gog.
  2. Ezekiel 39:16 Hamonah means horde.
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Ezekiel 39:9-16
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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.

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