Ezekiel 39:9-16

Christian Standard Bible

⁹ “‘Then the inhabitants of Israel’s cities will go out, kindle fires, and burn the weapons—the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them to make fires. ¹⁰ They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it down from the forests, for they will use the weapons to make fires. They will take the loot from those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them.^(A) This is the declaration of the Lord God.

¹¹ “‘Now on that day I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel—the Travelers’ Valley^[a] east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, for Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called Hordes of Gog^[b] Valley. ¹² The house of Israel will spend seven months burying them in order to cleanse the land.^{(B) 13} All the people of the land will bury them and their fame will spread^(C) on the day I display my glory.^(D) This is the declaration of the Lord God.

¹⁴ “‘They will appoint men on a full-time basis to pass through the land and bury the invaders^[c] who remain on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. They will make their search at the end of the seven months. ¹⁵ When they pass through the land and one of them sees a human bone, he will set up a marker next to it until the buriers have buried it in Hordes of Gog Valley. ¹⁶ There will even be a city named Hamonah^[d] there. So they will cleanse the land.’