Ezekiel 39:9-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 “Then the inhabitants of Israel’s cities will go out, kindle fires, and burn the weapons—the bucklers and 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 Valley of the Travelers[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 the Valley of Hamon-gog.[b] 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 the Valley of Hamon-gog. 16 There will even be a city named Hamonah[d] there. So they will cleanse the land.
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- Ezekiel 39:11 Hb obscure
- Ezekiel 39:11 = Hordes of Gog
- Ezekiel 39:14 Or basis, some to pass through the land, and with them some to bury those
- Ezekiel 39:16 In Hb, Hamonah is related to the word “horde.”
Ezekiel 39:9-16
Lexham English Bible
9 “ʻ“And the inhabitants of the towns[a] of Israel will go out, and they will set ablaze, and they will kindle a fire with a weapon[b] and a small shield and a shield,[c] with a bow and with arrows, and with hand clubs[d] and with spears,[e] and so they will light a fire with them, a fire lasting seven years.[f] 10 And they will not carry trees from the field, and they will not chop wood from the forests, for with the weapons[g] they will light a fire; and they will plunder those plundering them, and they will plunder those plundering them,”’ declares[h] the Lord Yahweh.
11 “‘“And then[i] on that day I will give to Gog a grave there[j] in Israel, The Valley of the Travelers, east of the sea,[k] and it will block[l] the travelers and Gog and all of his hordes[m] they will bury there, and they will call it the Valley of Hamon-Gog.[n] 12 And the house of Israel will bury them for seven months to cleanse the land. 13 All of the people of the land will bury them, and it will be an honor for them on the day when I appear,”’ declares[o] the Lord Yahweh. 14 ʻ“And they will set apart men to continually[p] go through the land burying the travelers,[q] the ones left over on the surface of the land to cleanse it; for the whole of[r] seven months they will explore it. 15 And the ones going through, they will go through within the land, and if anyone sees the bones of a person, then he will build beside it a sign to remain until the buriers have buried him in the Valley of Hamon-Gog.[s] 16 And furthermore the name of the city there is Hamonah,[t] and thus they will cleanse the land.”’
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- Ezekiel 39:9 Or “cities”
- Ezekiel 39:9 Or “weapons”
- Ezekiel 39:9 Or “shields and bucklers”; cf. NJPS
- Ezekiel 39:9 Literally “with club of hand”
- Ezekiel 39:9 Hebrew “spear”
- Ezekiel 39:9 Literally “a fire of seven years”
- Ezekiel 39:10 Hebrew “weapon”
- Ezekiel 39:10 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 39:11 Literally “and it will happen”
- Ezekiel 39:11 Literally “a place there of a grave”
- Ezekiel 39:11 That is, the Dead Sea
- Ezekiel 39:11 Literally “blocking”
- Ezekiel 39:11 Hebrew “horde”
- Ezekiel 39:11 Literally “Gog’s Multitude”
- Ezekiel 39:13 Literally “declaration of”
- Ezekiel 39:14 Literally “men of continuity/men who regularly”
- Ezekiel 39:14 In a negative sense = “invaders”
- Ezekiel 39:14 Literally “from the end of”
- Ezekiel 39:15 Or “Gog’s multitude”
- Ezekiel 39:16 That is, “Multitude”
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