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“Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will (A)go out and make (B)fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and large shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears; and for seven years they will make fires of them. 10 They will not carry wood from the field or gather firewood from the forests, for they will make fires with the weapons; and they will take the spoil of those who made them into spoil and seize the (C)plunder of those who plundered them,” declares Lord Yahweh.

11 “And it will be in that day, that I will give Gog a burial ground there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea, and it will block off those who would pass by. So they will bury Gog there with all his multitude, and they will call it the valley of [a]Hamon-gog. 12 And for seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to (D)cleanse the land. 13 Even all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be [b]unto their (E)name on the day that I (F)glorify Myself,” declares Lord Yahweh. 14 “Now they will set apart men who will continually pass through the land, (G)burying those who were passing through, even those left on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search. 15 And those who pass through the land will pass through, and when anyone sees a man’s bone, he will [c]set up a marker by it until the buriers have buried it in the valley of [d]Hamon-gog. 16 And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land.”’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:11 Or the multitude of Gog
  2. Ezekiel 39:13 Or a memorial for them
  3. Ezekiel 39:15 Lit build
  4. Ezekiel 39:15 Or the multitude of Gog

Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and set the weapons on fire and burn the small shields and large shields, bows and arrows, clubs and spears. They will use them as firewood for seven years. 10 They will not take wood from the open country or gather it from the forests because they will use the weapons as firewood. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord God.

11 On that day I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, in the valley used by those who travel east toward the sea,[a] and it will block the way for travelers. There they will bury Gog and all his horde and call it the Valley of Gog’s Horde. 12 The house of Israel will spend seven months burying them in order to cleanse the land. 13 All the people of the land of Israel will join in burying them, and it will bring honor to them on that day when I display my glory, declares the Lord God. 14 In addition, they will assign men to work full-time, passing through the land together with others, to bury those who are left on the surface of the ground in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months, they will still be searching. 15 Whenever those who pass through the land see a human bone, they will set up a marker beside it until the burial squad has buried it in the Valley of Gog’s Horde. 16 So the name of a city there will be Hamonah.[b] In this way they will cleanse the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:11 The Dead Sea
  2. Ezekiel 39:16 Hamonah means horde.