“Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and (A)make fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bow and arrows, (B)clubs[a] and spears; and they will make fires of them for seven years, 10 so that they will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for (C)they will make their fires of the weapons. (D)They will seize the spoil of those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord God.

11 “On that day I will give to (E)Gog a place for burial in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the sea. It will block the travelers, for there Gog and all his multitude will be buried. It will be called the Valley of (F)Hamon-gog.[b] 12 For (G)seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order (H)to cleanse the land. 13 All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day that (I)I show my glory, declares the Lord God. 14 They will set apart men to travel through the land regularly and bury those travelers remaining on the face of the land, so as (J)to cleanse it. At[c] the end of (K)seven months they will make their search. 15 And when these travel through the land and anyone sees a human bone, then he shall set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of (L)Hamon-gog. 16 (Hamonah[d] is also the name of the city.) Thus shall they cleanse the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:9 Or javelins
  2. Ezekiel 39:11 Hamon-gog means the multitude of Gog
  3. Ezekiel 39:14 Or Until
  4. Ezekiel 39:16 Hamonah means multitude

Those who live in Israel’s cities will go out and kindle a fire with the weapons—shield and buckler, bow and arrow, spear and lance. They will burn them with fire for seven years. 10 They won’t gather wood from the field or chop down trees from the forest, because they will be able to keep the fire burning with the weapons. So they will take plunder and seize loot. This is what the Lord says.

11 On that day, I will assign Gog a place for burial in Israel in the Travelers’ Valley east of the sea. It will block the travelers’ way, because Gog and all of his horde will be buried there. It will be called Hamon-gog[a] Valley. 12 For seven months, the house of Israel will bury them in order to cleanse the land. 13 All the people of the land will take part in the burial, so they will make a name for themselves on the day that I glorify myself. This is what the Lord God says. 14 They will appoint people who will continually cross through the land and bury[b] the human remains that are left on the surface of the ground in order to purify it. They will begin their search at the end of seven months. 15 As the travelers cross through the land, when they see a human bone, they will set up a marker next to it until the gravediggers bury it in Hamon-gog Valley 16 (the name of the city is Hamonah). So they will purify the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:11 Or horde of Gog
  2. Ezekiel 39:14 LXX; MT adds the travelers.