Ezekiel — Chapter 39

📖 Ezekiel — Chapter 39 (KJV)

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Ezekiel 39:1 Therefore, thou ^Rson of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

Ezekiel 39:2 And ^RI will turn thee back, and ^Tleave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from ^Tthe north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:

Ezekiel 39:3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

Ezekiel 39:4 Thou shalt ^Rfall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every ^Tsort, and to the beasts of the field ^Tto be devoured.

Ezekiel 39:5 Thou shalt fall upon ^Tthe ^Ropen field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 39:6 And ^RI will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell ^Tcarelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 39:7 So ^Rwill I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

Ezekiel 39:8 Behold, ^Rit is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

Ezekiel 39:9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel ^Rshall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the ^Thandstaves, and the spears, and they shall ^Tburn them with fire seven years:

Ezekiel 39:10 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 ^Rshall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 39:11 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 ^Ron the east of the sea: and it shall stop the ^Tnoses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.

Ezekiel 39:12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may ^Rcleanse the land.

Ezekiel 39:13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them ^Ra renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 39:14 And ^Rthey shall sever out ^Tmen 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.

Ezekiel 39:15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he ^RTset up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.

Ezekiel 39:16 And also the name of the city shall be ^THamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

Ezekiel 39:17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; ^RSpeak ^Tunto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to ^Tmy sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

Ezekiel 39:18 Ye shall ^Reat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of ^Tgoats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

Ezekiel 39:19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

Ezekiel 39:20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 39:21 And ^RI will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

Ezekiel 39:22 So the house of Israel shall ^Rknow that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

Ezekiel 39:23 And ^Rthe heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

Ezekiel 39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

Ezekiel 39:25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; ^RNow will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;

Ezekiel 39:26 After that ^Rthey have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.

Ezekiel 39:27 When ^RI have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;

Ezekiel 39:28 Then ^Rshall they know that I am the LORD their God, ^Twhich caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.

Ezekiel 39:29 Neither will I ^Rhide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Ezekiel 39:1–10 — Gog’s defeat and weapons used as fuel

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

The Lord overturns the armed invasion and announces recognition of his holy name. Fallen weapons become fuel for seven years, picturing a decisive reversal of the threat.

Key Truth: Remember that threatening strength is not ultimate.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Ezekiel 39:11–20 — The land is cleansed and a judgment feast portrayed

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

The dead are buried for seven months, and remaining bones are marked for burial. A summoned feast for birds and beasts depicts the invaders’ fall while the careful burial emphasizes cleansing the land.

Key Truth: Read the forceful imagery together with the work of cleansing.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Ezekiel 39:21–29 — Judgment and restored belonging are explained

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

The nations see the Lord’s action and learn why Israel had gone into captivity. The Lord then promises gathering, mercy, no remaining exiles, and his Spirit poured on Israel rather than continued hiddenness.

Key Truth: Hold accountability alongside the stated promise of restoration.

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Related Scripture (KJV)

Ezekiel 36:27 — The preceding restoration promise also includes the Lord’s Spirit.

Ezekiel 36:27 (KJV) And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.

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How can hope in mercy lead you toward a more faithful response?

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