Ezekiel 39
1 “And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
2 I will turn you around, drive you forward, and bring you up from the farthest parts of the north; I will bring you against the mountains of Israel.
3 I will knock your bow from your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand.
4 You will fall on the mountains of Israel—you and all your troops, and the peoples with you. I will give you as food to birds of prey, every winged bird, and the wild animals.
5 You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.
6 I will send fire on Magog and on those who live securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.
7 I will make my holy name known among my people Israel, and I will no longer let my holy name be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Look, it is coming and it will happen, declares the Lord GOD. This is the day I spoke of.
9 Those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and set fire to the weapons, burning the small and large shields, bows and arrows, hand clubs and spears. They will use them for fuel for seven years.
10 They will not bring wood in from the field or cut any from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. They will plunder those who plundered them and rob those who robbed them, declares the Lord GOD.
11 On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel: the Valley of the Travelers, east of the sea. It will block the way for travelers. There they will bury Gog and all his multitude, and they will call it the Valley of Hamon-gog.
12 The house of Israel will bury them to cleanse the land; it will take seven months.
13 All the people of the land will take part in the burial, and it will bring them renown on the day I am glorified, declares the Lord GOD.
14 They will appoint men for a regular duty to travel through the land, burying those who remain on the face of the land, to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will begin their search.
15 As they travel through the land, if anyone sees a human bone, he will set up a marker beside it until the gravediggers bury it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.”’”
16 “‘“The name of a city will also be Hamonah. And they will cleanse the land.”’”
17 “And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Say to the birds of every kind and to all the wild animals: “Gather and come; assemble from every side for my sacrifice, which I am preparing for you—a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. You will eat flesh and drink blood.
18 You will eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the land: rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals from Bashan.
19 You will eat fat until you are satisfied and drink blood until you are drunk, from my sacrifice that I have prepared for you.
20 At my table you will be filled with horses and riders, warriors and every kind of soldier, declares the Lord GOD.”’
21 I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment I have carried out and the hand I have laid on them.
22 From that day on, the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
23 The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile because of their guilt, because they were unfaithful to me. I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies, and they all fell by the sword.
24 I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their transgressions, and I hid my face from them.
25 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.
26 They will bear their shame and all their unfaithfulness to me, when they live securely in their land with no one to frighten them.
27 When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, I will show myself holy in them before the eyes of many nations.
28 They will know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then gathered them back to their land. I will leave none of them there any longer.
29 I will no longer hide my face from them, for I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.’”
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