Ezekiel 39:9-16

Expanded Bible

⁹ “‘Then those who live in the cities of Israel will come out and make fires with the enemy’s weapons. They will burn them, both large and small shields, bows and arrows, war clubs, and spears. They will use the weapons to burn in their fires for seven years. ¹⁰ They will not need to take wood from the field or chop firewood from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons. In this way they will ·take the treasures of [plunder] those who ·took their treasures [plundered them]; they will take the loot of those who took their loot, says the Lord God.

¹¹ “‘·At that time [^LOn that day] I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Dead Sea. It will block the road for travelers. Gog and all his ·army [hordes; multitudes] will be buried there, so people will call it The Valley of ·Gog’s Army [^LHamon-gog].

¹² “‘The ·people [^Lhouse] of Israel will be burying them for seven months to ·make the land clean again [cleanse the land]. ¹³ All the people in the land will bury them, and ·they will be honored [or it will be a memorial for them; or their fame will spread] on the day ·of my victory [I display my glory; ^Chis manifest presence], says the Lord God.

¹⁴ “‘The ·people [^Lhouse] of Israel will ·choose [appoint] men to work through the land to ·make it clean [cleanse/purify it]. Along with others, they will bury ·Gog’s soldiers still [^Lthose] lying dead on the ground. After the seven months, they will ·still search [or begin their search]. ¹⁵ As they go through the land, anyone who sees a human bone is to put a ·marker [sign] by it. The sign will stay there until the gravediggers bury the bone in The Valley of ·Gog’s Army [^LHamon-gog]. ¹⁶ A city will be there named Hamonah [^Cperhaps a feminine form of Hamon-gog, meaning Army of Gog]. So they will ·make the land clean again [cleanse/purify the land].’