Ezekiel 39 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Gog’s Armies Destroyed

Eze 39:1“And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh,[fn] Meshech, and Tubal;

Eze 39:2

Eze 39:2“and I will turn you around and lead you on, bringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel.

Eze 39:3

Eze 39:3“Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand.

Eze 39:4

Eze 39:4“You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

Eze 39:5

Eze 39:5“You shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken,” says the Lord GOD.

Eze 39:6

Eze 39:6“And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.

Eze 39:7

Eze 39:7“So I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

Eze 39:8

Eze 39:8“Surely it is coming, and it shall be done,” says the Lord GOD. “This is the day of which I have spoken.

Eze 39:9

Eze 39:9“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 javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years.

Eze 39:10

Eze 39:10“They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them,” says the Lord GOD.

The Burial of Gog

Eze 39:11

Eze 39:11“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 Hamon Gog.[fn]

Eze 39:12

Eze 39:12“For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.

Eze 39:13

Eze 39:13“Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain renown for it on the day that I am glorified,” says the Lord GOD.

Eze 39:14

Eze 39:14“They will set apart men regularly employed, with the help of a search party,[fn] to pass through the land and bury those bodies remaining on the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search.

Eze 39:15

Eze 39:15“The search party will pass through the land; and when anyone sees a man’s bone, he shall set up a marker by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog.

Eze 39:16

Eze 39:16“The name of the city will also be Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land.” ’

A Triumphant Festival

Eze 39:17

Eze 39:17“And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field:

“Assemble yourselves and come;
Gather together from all sides to My sacrificial meal
Which I am sacrificing for you,
A great sacrificial meal on the mountains of Israel,
That you may eat flesh and drink blood.

Eze 39:18

Eze 39:18You shall eat the flesh of the mighty,
Drink the blood of the princes of the earth,
Of rams and lambs,
Of goats and bulls,
All of them fatlings of Bashan.

Eze 39:19

Eze 39:19You shall eat fat till you are full,
And drink blood till you are drunk,
At My sacrificial meal
Which I am sacrificing for you.

Eze 39:20

Eze 39:20You shall be filled at My table
With horses and riders,
With mighty men
And with all the men of war,” says the Lord GOD.

Israel Restored to the Land

Eze 39:21

Eze 39:21“I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall see My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them.

Eze 39:22

Eze 39:22“So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day forward.

Eze 39:23

Eze 39:23“The Gentiles shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they were unfaithful to Me, therefore I hid My face from them. I gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword.

Eze 39:24

Eze 39:24“According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have dealt with them, and hidden My face from them.” ’

Eze 39:25

Eze 39:25“Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name—

Eze 39:26

Eze 39:26‘after they have borne their shame, and all their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, when they dwelt safely in their own land and no one made them afraid.

Eze 39:27

Eze 39:27‘When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and I am hallowed in them in the sight of many nations,

Eze 39:28

Eze 39:28‘then they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who sent them into captivity among the nations, but also brought them back to their land, and left none of them captive any longer.

Eze 39:29

Eze 39:29‘And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,’ says the Lord GOD.”

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NKJV Footnotes

(39:1)

Targum, Vulgate and Aquila read chief prince of.

(39:11)

Literally The Multitude of Gog

(39:14)

Literally those who pass through

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