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Ezekiel 39:9-16
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9 “‘Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up—the small and large shields, the bows and arrows,(A) the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.(B) 10 They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder(C) those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign Lord.(D)

11 “‘On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of those who travel east of the Sea. It will block the way of travelers, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried(E) there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon Gog.[a](F)

12 “‘For seven months the Israelites will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.(G) 13 All the people of the land will bury them, and the day I display my glory(H) will be a memorable day for them, declares the Sovereign Lord. 14 People will be continually employed in cleansing the land. They will spread out across the land and, along with others, they will bury any bodies that are lying on the ground.

“‘After the seven months they will carry out a more detailed search. 15 As they go through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will leave a marker beside it until the gravediggers bury it in the Valley of Hamon Gog, 16 near a town called Hamonah.[b] And so they will cleanse the land.’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:11 Hamon Gog means hordes of Gog.
  2. Ezekiel 39:16 Hamonah means horde.
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Ezekiel 39:9-16
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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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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:9 Or “cities”
  2. Ezekiel 39:9 Or “weapons”
  3. Ezekiel 39:9 Or “shields and bucklers”; cf. NJPS
  4. Ezekiel 39:9 Literally “with club of hand”
  5. Ezekiel 39:9 Hebrew “spear”
  6. Ezekiel 39:9 Literally “a fire of seven years”
  7. Ezekiel 39:10 Hebrew “weapon”
  8. Ezekiel 39:10 Literally “declaration of”
  9. Ezekiel 39:11 Literally “and it will happen”
  10. Ezekiel 39:11 Literally “a place there of a grave”
  11. Ezekiel 39:11 That is, the Dead Sea
  12. Ezekiel 39:11 Literally “blocking”
  13. Ezekiel 39:11 Hebrew “horde”
  14. Ezekiel 39:11 Literally “Gog’s Multitude”
  15. Ezekiel 39:13 Literally “declaration of”
  16. Ezekiel 39:14 Literally “men of continuity/men who regularly”
  17. Ezekiel 39:14 In a negative sense = “invaders”
  18. Ezekiel 39:14 Literally “from the end of”
  19. Ezekiel 39:15 Or “Gog’s multitude”
  20. Ezekiel 39:16 That is, “Multitude”
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