“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

Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and make fires of the weapons and burn them—bucklers and shields, bows and arrows, clubs and spears—and they will make fires of them for seven years.(A) 10 They will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any trees in the forests, for they will make their fires of the weapons; they will despoil those who despoiled them and plunder those who plundered them, says the Lord God.(B)

The Burial of Gog

11 On that day I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers[a] east of the sea; it shall block the path of the travelers, for there Gog and all his horde will be buried; it shall be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.[b](C) 12 Seven months the house of Israel shall spend burying them, in order to cleanse the land. 13 All the people of the land shall bury them, and it will bring them honor on the day that I show my glory, says the Lord God.(D) 14 They will set apart men to pass through the land regularly and bury any invaders[c] who remain on the face of the land, so as to cleanse it; for seven months they shall make their search.(E) 15 As the searchers[d] pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone shall set up a sign by it until the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.[e] 16 (A city Hamonah[f] is there also.) Thus they shall cleanse the land.

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Footnotes

  1. 39.11 Or of the Abarim
  2. 39.11 That is, the horde of Gog
  3. 39.14 Heb travelers
  4. 39.15 Heb travelers
  5. 39.15 That is, the horde of Gog
  6. 39.16 That is, the horde