Ezekiel 39
Modern English Version
The Destruction of Gog’s Armies
39 Moreover you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: Thus says the Lord God: I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshek, and Tubal. 2 And I will turn you back, drive you on, and take you up the north parts and bring you against the mountains of Israel. 3 And I will strike your bow out of your left hand and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand. 4 You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. 5 You shall fall upon the open field. For I have spoken, says the Lord God. 6 I will send a fire on Magog and among those who dwell safely in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.
7 So I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel. And I will not let them pollute My holy name anymore. And the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. 8 It is coming and it shall be done, says the Lord God. This is the day of which I have spoken.
9 Those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire for seven years. 10 They shall take no wood out of the field, or cut down any out of the forests, for they shall make fires with the weapons. And they shall despoil those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, says the Lord God.
The Burial of Gog
11 It shall come to pass in that day that I will give to Gog a place of graves there in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea, and it shall stop the passengers. And there they shall bury Gog and all his multitude, and they shall call it the Valley of Hamon Gog.
12 For seven months the house of Israel shall be burying them so that they may cleanse the land. 13 Indeed, all the people of the land shall bury them. And it shall be their renown on the day that I shall be glorified, says the Lord God. 14 They shall separate men who continually pass through the land to bury the passengers, even those who remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it.
After the end of seven months they shall search. 15 As the passengers pass through the land and anyone sees a man’s bone, then he shall set up a sign by it until the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog. 16 Also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land.
17 As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God: Speak to every kind of fowl and to every beast of the field: Assemble and come. Gather on every side to My sacrifice that I sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood. 18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the officials of the earth as though of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan. 19 You shall eat fat until you are full and drink blood until you are drunk from My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 20 Thus you shall be filled at My table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all the men of war, says the Lord God.
21 I will set My glory among the nations, and all the nations 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 The nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity because they trespassed against Me, and I hid My face from them. And I gave them into the hand of their enemies, and all of them fell by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions, I have done to them and hid My face from them.
The Restoration of Israel
25 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel and will be jealous for My holy name. 26 They shall forget their shame and all their trespasses by which they have trespassed against Me when they lived safely in their land and no one made them afraid. 27 When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them out of the lands of their enemies, then I shall be sanctified in them in the sight of many nations. 28 Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God who caused them to be led into captivity among the nations, and then gathered them again to their own land and have left none of them there anymore. 29 Nor will I hide My face from them anymore. For I will have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel, says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 39
New King James Version
Gog’s Armies Destroyed
39 “And (A)you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, [a]the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal; 2 and I will (B)turn you around and lead you on, (C)bringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel. 3 Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand. 4 (D)You shall [b]fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; (E)I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. 5 You shall [c]fall on [d]the open field; for I have spoken,” says the Lord God. 6 (F)“And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live [e]in security in (G)the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the Lord. 7 (H)So I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them (I)profane My holy name anymore. (J)Then the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. 8 (K)Surely it is coming, and it shall be done,” says the Lord God. “This is the day (L)of which I have spoken.
9 “Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the [f]javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years. 10 They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; (M)and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them,” says the Lord God.
The Burial of Gog
11 “It will come to pass in that day that I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea; and it will obstruct travelers, because there they will bury Gog and all his multitude. Therefore they will call it the Valley of [g]Hamon Gog. 12 For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, (N)in order to cleanse the land. 13 Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain (O)renown for it on the day that (P)I am glorified,” says the Lord God. 14 “They will set apart men regularly employed, with the help of [h]a search party, to pass through the land and bury those bodies remaining on the ground, in order (Q)to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search. 15 The search party will pass through the land; and when anyone sees a man’s bone, he shall [i]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 [j]Hamonah. Thus they shall (R)cleanse the land.” ’
A Triumphant Festival
17 “And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God, (S)‘Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field:
(T)“Assemble yourselves and come;
Gather together from all sides to My (U)sacrificial meal
Which I am sacrificing for you,
A great sacrificial meal (V)on the mountains of Israel,
That you may eat flesh and drink blood.
18 (W)You shall eat the flesh of the mighty,
Drink the blood of the princes of the earth,
Of rams and lambs,
Of goats and bulls,
All of them (X)fatlings of Bashan.
19 You shall eat fat till you are full,
And drink blood till you are drunk,
At My sacrificial meal
Which I am sacrificing for you.
20 (Y)You shall be filled at My table
With horses and riders,
(Z)With mighty men
And with all the men of war,” says the Lord God.
Israel Restored to the Land
21 (AA)“I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall see My judgment which I have executed, and (AB)My hand which I have laid on them. 22 (AC)So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day forward. 23 (AD)The Gentiles shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they were unfaithful to Me, therefore (AE)I hid My face from them. I (AF)gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword. 24 (AG)According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have dealt with them, and hidden My face from them.” ’
25 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: (AH)‘Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy on the (AI)whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name— 26 (AJ)after they have borne their shame, and all their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, when they (AK)dwelt safely in their own land and no one made them afraid. 27 (AL)When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and I (AM)am hallowed in them in the sight of many nations, 28 (AN)then they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who sent them into captivity among the nations, but also brought them back to their land, and left none of them [k]captive any longer. 29 (AO)And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have (AP)poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,’ says the Lord God.”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 39:1 Tg., Vg., Aquila the chief prince of Meshech
- Ezekiel 39:4 Be slain
- Ezekiel 39:5 Be slain
- Ezekiel 39:5 Lit. the face of the field
- Ezekiel 39:6 securely or confidently
- Ezekiel 39:9 Lit. hand staffs
- Ezekiel 39:11 Lit. The Multitude of Gog
- Ezekiel 39:14 Lit. those who pass through
- Ezekiel 39:15 build
- Ezekiel 39:16 Lit. Multitude
- Ezekiel 39:28 Lit. there
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.
Hesekiel 39
Schlachter 2000
Das Gericht über Gog
39 So weissage nun, Menschensohn, gegen Gog und sprich: So spricht Gott, der Herr: Siehe, ich komme über dich, Gog, du Fürst von Rosch, Mesech und Tubal!
2 Und ich will dich herumlenken und dich gängeln und dich heraufführen vom äußersten Norden und dich auf die Berge Israels bringen.
3 Und ich werde dir den Bogen aus deiner linken Hand schlagen und die Pfeile aus deiner rechten Hand fallen lassen.
4 Auf den Bergen Israels sollst du fallen, samt allen deinen Kriegsscharen und allen Vökern, die bei dir sind; dort will ich dich den Raubvögeln aller Gattungen und den wilden Tieren des Feldes zur Speise geben.
5 Du sollst auf dem freien Feld fallen! Ich habe es gesagt, spricht Gott, der Herr.
6 Und ich werde Feuer senden gegen Magog und gegen die, welche auf den Inseln[a] sicher wohnen; und sie sollen erkennen, dass ich der Herr bin.
7 Und ich werde meinen heiligen Namen offenbar machen unter meinem Volk Israel, und ich werde meinen heiligen Namen künftig nicht mehr entweihen lassen; sondern die Heidenvölker sollen erkennen, dass ich, der Herr, der Heilige in Israel bin!
8 Siehe, es kommt und es wird geschehen!, spricht Gott, der Herr. Das ist der Tag, von dem ich geredet habe.
9 Und die Bewohner der Städte Israels werden herauskommen und ein Feuer anzünden und die Waffen verbrennen, Kleinschilde und Großschilde, Bogen und Pfeile, Keulen und Speere, und werden sieben Jahre lang damit heizen.
10 Man wird kein Holz mehr vom Feld holen und keines in den Wäldern hauen; sondern man wird die Waffen als Brennstoff benützen. Sie werden diejenigen berauben, die sie beraubt haben, und diejenigen plündern, die sie geplündert haben, spricht Gott, der Herr.
11 Und es wird zu jener Zeit geschehen, dass ich für Gog einen Ort zum Begräbnis in Israel anweisen werde, nämlich das Tal Abarim[b] östlich vom [Toten] Meer, und es wird den Umherziehenden [den Weg] versperren. Dort wird man Gog und seinen ganzen Heerhaufen begraben; und man wird es das »Tal des Heerhaufens von Gog«[c] nennen.
12 Das Haus Israel wird an ihnen sieben Monate lang zu begraben haben, um das Land zu reinigen.
13 Und zwar wird das ganze Volk des Landes sie begraben, und das wird ihnen zum Ruhm gereichen. Es ist die Zeit, da ich mich verherrlichen werde, spricht Gott, der Herr.
14 Und man wird Männer bestellen, die beständig das Land durchstreifen, um zur Reinigung mithilfe der Umherziehenden die auf der Erdoberfläche liegen gebliebenen Toten zu begraben; nach Verlauf von sieben Monaten werden sie Nachforschung halten.[d]
15 Und wenn die Umherziehenden auf ihrer Reise durchs Land ein Menschengebein sehen, so werden sie dabei ein Mal errichten, bis die Totengräber es im »Tal des Heerhaufens von Gog« begraben haben.
16 Dort wird auch eine Stadt namens »Hamona«[e] sein. So werden sie das Land reinigen.
17 Du aber, Menschensohn — so spricht Gott, der Herr: Sprich zu den Vögeln aller Gattungen und zu allen wilden Tieren des Feldes: Versammelt euch und kommt! Sammelt euch von allen Seiten zu meinem Schlachtopfer, das ich euch geschlachtet habe! Es ist ein großes Schlachtopfer auf den Bergen Israels; esst Fleisch und trinkt Blut!
18 Das Fleisch von Helden sollt ihr essen und das Blut der Fürsten der Erde trinken: Widder, Lämmer, Böcke und Stiere, die alle in Baschan gemästet worden sind.
19 Esst das Fett, bis ihr satt werdet, und trinkt das Blut, bis ihr trunken werdet von meinen Schlachtopfern, die ich euch geschlachtet habe!
20 Sättigt euch an meinem Tisch von Pferden und Reitern, von Helden und allen Kriegsleuten!, spricht Gott, der Herr.
21 Und ich will meine Herrlichkeit unter den Heidenvölkern erweisen, und alle Heidenvölker sollen mein Gericht sehen, das ich gehalten habe, und meine Hand, die ich an sie gelegt habe.
22 Und das Haus Israel soll erkennen, dass ich, der Herr, ihr Gott bin, von diesem Tag an und künftig.
23 Und die Heidenvölker sollen erkennen, dass das Haus Israel wegen seiner Missetat in Gefangenschaft geraten ist, weil sie treulos gegen mich gehandelt haben, weshalb ich mein Angesicht vor ihnen verbarg und sie in die Hand ihrer Feinde gab, sodass sie alle mit dem Schwert erschlagen wurden.
24 Ich habe entsprechend ihrer Unreinheit und ihrer Übertretungen an ihnen gehandelt und habe mein Angesicht vor ihnen verborgen.
Der Herr wird sich über Israel erbarmen
25 Darum, so spricht Gott, der Herr: Jetzt will ich das Geschick[f] Jakobs wenden und mich über das ganze Haus Israel erbarmen und für meinen heiligen Namen eifern.
26 Und sie werden die Verantwortung für ihre Schmach und ihre Treulosigkeit, womit sie sich gegen mich vergangen haben, auf sich nehmen, wenn sie sicher in ihrem Land wohnen und niemand sie aufschreckt,
27 wenn ich sie aus den Völkern zurückgebracht und aus den Ländern ihrer Feinde gesammelt und mich an ihnen heilig erwiesen habe vor den Augen der vielen Heidenvölker.
28 Daran sollen sie erkennen, dass ich, der Herr, ihr Gott bin, weil ich sie unter die Heidenvölker in die Gefangenschaft führen ließ und sie nun wieder in ihr Land versammle und keinen von ihnen mehr dort zurücklasse.
29 Und ich will künftig mein Angesicht nicht mehr vor ihnen verbergen, weil[g] ich meinen Geist über das Haus Israel ausgegossen habe, spricht Gott, der Herr.
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