Ezekiel 39
New English Translation
39 “As for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal! 2 I will turn you around and drag you along;[a] I will lead you up from the remotest parts of the north and bring you against the mountains of Israel. 3 I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand. 4 You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the people who are with you. I give you as food to every kind of bird and every wild beast. 5 You will fall dead in the open field; for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. 6 I will send fire on Magog and those who live securely in the coastlands; then they will know that I am the Lord.
7 “‘I will make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.[b] 8 Realize that it is coming and it will be done, declares the Sovereign Lord. It is the day I have spoken about.
9 “‘Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling[c]—the shields,[d] bows and arrows, war clubs and spears—they will burn them for seven years. 10 They will not need to take[e] 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,[f] 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.[g] 12 For seven months Israel[h] 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[i] for them on the day I magnify myself, declares the Sovereign Lord. 14 They will designate men to scout continually[j] through the land, burying those who remain on the surface of the ground,[k] in order to cleanse it. They will search for seven full months. 15 When the scouts survey[l] the land and see a human bone, they will place a sign by it, until those assigned to burial duty have buried it[m] in the valley of Hamon Gog. 16 (A city by the name of Hamonah[n] will also be there.) They will cleanse the land.’
17 “As for you, son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast: ‘Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter[o] that I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood. 18 You will eat the flesh of warriors[p] and drink the blood of the princes of the earth—the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan. 19 You will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk[q] at my slaughter[r] that I have made for you. 20 You will fill up at my table with horses and charioteers,[s] with warriors and all the soldiers,’ declares the Sovereign Lord.
21 “I will display my majesty[t] among the nations. All the nations will witness the judgment I have executed and the power I have exhibited[u] among them. 22 Then the house of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God, from that day forward. 23 The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile due to their iniquity,[v] for they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies; all of them died by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and rebellion I have dealt with them, and I hid my face from them.
25 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Now I will restore[w] the fortunes of Jacob, and I will have mercy on the entire house of Israel. I will be zealous for my holy name. 26 They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid. 27 When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations. 28 Then they will know that I am the Lord their God because I sent them into exile among the nations and then gathered them into their own land. I will not leave any of them in exile[x] any longer. 29 I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel,[y] declares the Sovereign Lord.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 39:2 tn The Hebrew root occurs only here in the OT. An apparent cognate in the Ethiopic language means “walk along.” For a discussion of the research on this verb, see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:460.
- Ezekiel 39:7 sn The basic sense of the word “holy” is “set apart from that which is commonplace, special, unique.” The Lord’s holiness is first and foremost his transcendent sovereignty as the ruler of the world. He is “set apart” from the world over which he rules. At the same time his holiness encompasses his moral authority, which derives from his royal position. As king he has the right to dictate to his subjects how they are to live; indeed, his very own character sets the standard for proper behavior. This expression is a common title for the Lord in the book of Isaiah.
- Ezekiel 39:9 tn Heb “burn and kindle the weapons.”
- Ezekiel 39:9 tn Two different types of shields are specified in the Hebrew text.
- Ezekiel 39:10 tn Heb “they will not carry.”
- Ezekiel 39:10 tn Heb “loot their looters and plunder their plunderers.”
- Ezekiel 39:11 tn The name means “horde of Gog.”
- Ezekiel 39:12 tn Heb “the house of Israel.”
- Ezekiel 39:13 tn Heb “name.”
- Ezekiel 39:14 tn Heb “men of perpetuity.”
- 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).
- Ezekiel 39:15 tn Heb “as the scouts scout.”
- Ezekiel 39:15 tn That is, the aforementioned bone.
- Ezekiel 39:16 tn This name appears to be a feminine form of the word “horde,” used in the name Hamon Gog.
- Ezekiel 39:17 tn Or “sacrifice” (so also in the rest of this verse).
- Ezekiel 39:18 sn See Rev 19:17-18.
- Ezekiel 39:19 sn Eating the fat and drinking blood were God’s exclusive rights in Israelite sacrifices (Lev 3:17).
- Ezekiel 39:19 tn Or “sacrifice” (so also in the rest of this verse).
- Ezekiel 39:20 tn Heb “chariots.”
- Ezekiel 39:21 tn Or “my glory.”
- Ezekiel 39:21 tn Heb “my hand which I have placed.”
- Ezekiel 39:23 tn Or “in their punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18:17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment” for iniquity or “guilt” of iniquity.
- Ezekiel 39:25 tn Heb “cause to return.”
- Ezekiel 39:28 tn Heb “there,” referring to the foreign nations to which they were exiled. The translation makes the referent clear.
- Ezekiel 39:29 sn See Ezek 11:19 and 37:14.
Ezequiel 39
Dios Habla Hoy
Derrota de Gog
39 »Y tú, hombre, habla en mi nombre contra Gog, y dile: “Esto dice el Señor: Gog, jefe supremo de Mésec y Tubal, yo me declaro tu enemigo. 2 Te voy a hacer volver; paso a paso te voy a sacar de lo más lejano del norte y te voy a traer a las montañas de Israel. 3 Luego romperé el arco que llevas en la mano izquierda y haré caer las flechas que llevas en la derecha. 4 Y tú, con tus ejércitos y pueblos que te acompañan, caerás muerto en las montañas de Israel. Allí los entregaré a toda clase de aves de rapiña y de fieras salvajes, para que se los coman. 5 Quedarán tendidos en campo abierto. Yo, el Señor, he hablado. Yo he dado mi palabra. 6 Enviaré fuego sobre Magog y sobre los que viven tranquilos en los países del mar. Entonces reconocerán que yo soy el Señor. 7 Yo haré que mi santo nombre sea conocido de mi pueblo Israel, y no permitiré que siga siendo profanado. Y las naciones extranjeras sabrán que yo, el Señor, muestro mi santidad en Israel. 8 El día de que hablo va a llegar sin falta. Yo, el Señor, lo afirmo.”
9 »Los habitantes de las ciudades de Israel saldrán y quemarán sus armas, sus diversas clases de escudos, arcos, flechas, jabalinas y lanzas, y tendrán leña suficiente para hacer fuego durante siete años. 10 No tendrán necesidad de salir al campo a recoger leña, ni de cortarla en los bosques, porque todas esas armas les servirán de leña. Así ellos saquearán a quienes antes los habían saqueado, y despojarán a quienes antes los habían despojado. Yo, el Señor, lo afirmo.
Sepultura de Gog
11 »Por aquel tiempo daré a Gog un lugar en Israel, en el Valle de los Viajeros, frente al mar, para que lo sepulten. Ese lugar impedirá el paso, y allí enterrarán a Gog y a todo su ejército, y le pondrán el nombre de Valle del ejército de Gog. 12 Los israelitas necesitarán siete meses para enterrarlos y dejar limpio el país. 13 Toda la gente estará ocupada enterrándolos, y será un honor para ellos. En ese día yo me mostraré glorioso. Yo, el Señor, lo afirmo. 14 Además, después de esos siete meses, se encargará a un grupo de personas que recorran y exploren el país, y que entierren a los que hayan quedado en el suelo, para dejarlo limpio. 15 Cuando alguna de estas personas, al recorrer el país, vea algún hueso humano, pondrá a su lado una señal hasta que los enterradores lo entierren en el Valle del ejército de Gog. 16 (También hay una ciudad llamada El Ejército.) Así dejarán limpio el país.»
17 El Señor me dijo: «Di a todas las aves y a todas las fieras que se reúnan de los alrededores y vengan a las montañas de Israel, al sacrificio que allí voy a hacer para ellas. Podrán comer carne y beber sangre; 18 se comerán la carne de los soldados y beberán la sangre de los gobernantes de la tierra, como si fuera de carneros, corderos, chivos o gordos becerros de Basán. 19 De ese sacrificio que voy a hacer para ellas, comerán grasa hasta enfermar y beberán sangre hasta emborracharse. 20 Les prepararé un banquete con la carne de los caballos y de los jinetes, de los soldados y de toda clase de guerreros, para que coman hasta llenarse. Yo, el Señor, lo afirmo.
Restauración de Israel
21 »Así mostraré mi gloria a las naciones extranjeras. Todas las naciones verán cómo las he juzgado y castigado. 22 De ese día en adelante, Israel reconocerá que yo soy el Señor su Dios. 23 Y las naciones extranjeras sabrán que los israelitas fueron al destierro por causa de sus pecados, porque me fueron infieles; y que yo les volví la espalda y dejé que los enemigos los vencieran y los mataran a todos en la guerra. 24 Yo los traté como merecían su impureza y rebeldía, y les volví la espalda.
25 »Por eso yo, el Señor, digo: Ahora voy a tener misericordia de todo el pueblo de Israel, de los descendientes de Jacob. Voy a hacer que cambie su suerte, para exigir que se dé honor a mi santo nombre. 26-27 Yo los reuniré otra vez de las naciones extranjeras y de los países enemigos; entonces vivirán tranquilos en su propia tierra, sin que nadie los asuste. Así mostraré mi santidad, y muchas naciones podrán verla. Los israelitas soportarán su deshonra por haberme sido infieles. 28 Yo los envié al destierro entre naciones extranjeras, y yo los reuniré de nuevo en su tierra. No dejaré desterrado a ninguno. Entonces reconocerán que yo soy el Señor su Dios. 29 No volveré a darles la espalda, pues he derramado mi poder sobre el pueblo de Israel. Yo, el Señor, lo afirmo.»
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