Ezekiel 39:9-16
Authorized (King James) Version
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: 10 so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog. 12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. 13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord God.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. 15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog. 16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
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Ezekiel 39:9-16
New King James Version
9 “Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the [a]javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years. 10 They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; (A)and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them,” says the Lord God.
The Burial of Gog
11 “It will come to pass in that day that I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea; and it will obstruct travelers, because there they will bury Gog and all his multitude. Therefore they will call it the Valley of [b]Hamon Gog. 12 For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, (B)in order to cleanse the land. 13 Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain (C)renown for it on the day that (D)I am glorified,” says the Lord God. 14 “They will set apart men regularly employed, with the help of [c]a search party, to pass through the land and bury those bodies remaining on the ground, in order (E)to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search. 15 The search party will pass through the land; and when anyone sees a man’s bone, he shall [d]set up a marker by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog. 16 The name of the city will also be [e]Hamonah. Thus they shall (F)cleanse the land.” ’
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- Ezekiel 39:9 Lit. hand staffs
- Ezekiel 39:11 Lit. The Multitude of Gog
- Ezekiel 39:14 Lit. those who pass through
- Ezekiel 39:15 build
- Ezekiel 39:16 Lit. Multitude
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