The Prophet Ezekiel

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- Chapter 39 -

“Now you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, ’Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you, Gog, chief of Meshech and Tubal.

I will turn you and lead you on; I will bring you up from the far north and bring you to the mountains of Israel.

Then I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make the arrows fall from your right hand.

You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel-you and all your troops and the soldiers who are with you. I will give you to the birds of prey and the wild beasts of the fields for food.

You will fall dead on the surface of the field, for I myself declare it-this is Lord Yahweh’s declaration.

Then I will send out fire on Magog and on those living in safety on the coasts, and they will know that I am Yahweh.

For I will make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel, and I will no longer allow my holy name to be profaned; the nations will know that I am Yahweh, the Holy One in Israel.

Behold! The day that I have declared is coming, and it will take place-this is Lord Yahweh’s declaration.

The ones living in the cities of Israel will go out and burn the weapons, small shields, large shields, bows, arrows, the clubs and spears; they will burn them with fire for seven years.

They will not gather wood from the fields or cut down the forests, since they will burn the weapons; they will take from those who took from them; they will plunder those who plundered them-this is Lord Yahweh’s declaration.

Then it will happen on that day that I will make a place there for Gog-a grave in Israel, a valley for those who journey to the east of the sea. It will block those who wish to cross over. There they will bury Gog with all his multitudes. They will call it the Valley of Hamon Gog.

For seven months the house of Israel will bury them in order to purify the land.

For all the people of the land will bury them; it will be a memorable day for them when I am glorified-this is Lord Yahweh’s declaration.

All the people who pass through the land will bury those who lay on the surface of the land, in order to purify it. At the end of the seventh month they will make their search.

As these men pass through the land, when they see any human bone, they will put a marker by it, until gravediggers come and bury it in the Valley of Hamon Gog.

There will be a city there by the name of Hamonah. In this way they will purify the land.’

Now to you, son of man, Lord Yahweh says this: Say to all the winged birds and all the wild beasts in the fields, ’Gather together and come. Gather from all around to the sacrifice that I myself am making for you, a large sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, so that you may consume flesh and drink blood.

You will consume the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth; they will be rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, they were all fattened in Bashan.

Then you will eat fat to your satisfaction; you will drink blood until drunkenness; this will be the sacrifice that I will slaughter for you.

You will be satisfied at my table with horse, chariot, warrior, and every man of war-this is Lord Yahweh’s declaration.’

Israel to Be Restored

I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see my judgment that I perform and my hand that I have set against them.

The house of Israel will know that I am Yahweh their God from that day onward.

The nations will know that the house of Israel went into captivity because of their iniquity by which they betrayed me, so I hid my face from them and gave them into the hand of their adversaries so that all of them fell by the sword.

I did to them according to their uncleanness and their sins, when I hid my face from them.

Therefore, Lord Yahweh says this: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and I will have compassion on all the house of Israel, when I act with zeal for my holy name.

Then they will forget their shame and all the treason in which they betrayed me. They will forget all this when they rest in their land in safety, with no one to terrify them.

When I restore them from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, I will show myself to be holy in the sight of many nations.

Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God, for I sent them into captivity among the nations, but then I gathered them back to their land. I left none of them among the nations.

I will no longer hide my face from them when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel-this is Lord Yahweh’s declaration.”

“You, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.

I will turn you around, will lead you on, and will cause you to come up from the uttermost parts of the north; and I will bring you onto the mountains of Israel.

I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.

You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort and to the animals of the field to be devoured.

You will fall on the open field, for I have spoken it,” says the Lord GOD.

“I will send a fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the islands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

“‘“I will make my holy name known among my people Israel. I won’t allow my holy name to be profaned any more. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

Behold, it comes, and it will be done,” says the Lord GOD. “This is the day about which I have spoken.

“‘“Those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and will make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs and the spears, and they will make fires with them for seven years;

so that they will take no wood out of the field, and not cut down any out of the forests; for they will make fires with the weapons. They will plunder those who plundered them, and rob those who robbed them,” says the Lord GOD.

“‘“It will happen in that day, that I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of those who pass through on the east of the sea; and it will stop those who pass through. They will bury Gog and all his multitude there, and they will call it ‘The valley of Hamon Gog’.

“‘“The house of Israel will be burying them for seven months, that they may cleanse the land.

Yes, all the people of the land will bury them; and they will become famous in the day that I will be glorified,” says the Lord GOD.

“‘“They will set apart men of continual employment who will pass through the land. Those who pass through will go with those who bury those who remain on the surface of the land, to cleanse it. After the end of seven months they will search.

Those who search through the land will pass through; and when anyone sees a man’s bone, then he will set up a sign by it, until the undertakers have buried it in the valley of Hamon Gog.

Hamonah will also be the name of a city. Thus they will cleanse the land.”’

“You, son of man, the Lord GOD says: ‘Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every animal of the field, “Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat meat and drink blood.

You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

You shall eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

You shall be filled at my table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men, and with all men of war,” says the Lord GOD.’

Israel to Be Restored

“I will set my glory among the nations. Then all the nations will see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them.

So the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God, from that day and forward.

The nations will know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them; so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword.

I did to them according to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions. I hid my face from them.

“Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Now I will reverse the captivity of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel. I will be jealous for my holy name.

They will forget their shame and all their trespasses by which they have trespassed against me, when they dwell securely in their land. No one will make them afraid

when I have brought them back from the peoples, gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am shown holy among them in the sight of many nations.

They will know that I am the LORD their God, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them to their own land. Then I will leave none of them captive any more.

I won’t hide my face from them any more, for I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel,’ says the Lord GOD.”