39Ezekiel 39

Gog Is Defeated / The said:

1Ezekiel, son of man, condemn Gog and tell him: You are the ruler of Meshech and Tubal, but I, the Lord, am your enemy!Select Ezekiel 39:1

2I will turn you around and drag you from the north until you reach the mountains of Israel.Select Ezekiel 39:2

3I will knock the bow out of your left hand and the arrows out of your right hand,Select Ezekiel 39:3

4and you and your army will die on those mountains. Then birds and wild animals will eat the fleshSelect Ezekiel 39:4

5of your dead bodies left lying in open fields. I, the Lord, have spoken.Select Ezekiel 39:5

6I will set fire to the land of Magog and to those nations along the seacoast that think they are so secure, and they will know that I am the Lord.Select Ezekiel 39:6

7My people Israel will know me, and they will no longer disgrace my holy name. Everyone on earth will know that I am the holy Lord God of Israel.Select Ezekiel 39:7

8The day is coming when these things will happen, just as I have promised.Select Ezekiel 39:8

9When that day comes, the people in the towns of Israel will collect the weapons of their dead enemies. They will use these shields, bows and arrows, spears, and clubs as firewood, and there will be enough to last for seven years.Select Ezekiel 39:9

10They will burn these weapons instead of gathering sticks or chopping down trees. That's how the Israelites will take revenge on those who robbed and abused them. I, the Lord, have spoken.Select Ezekiel 39:10

The Burial of Gog / The said:

11After Gog has been destroyed, I will bury him and his army in Israel, in Travelers' Valley, east of the Dead Sea. That graveyard will be so large that it will block the way of anyone who tries to walk through the valley, which will then be known as “The Valley of Gog's Army.”Select Ezekiel 39:11

12The Israelites will spend seven months burying dead bodies and cleaning up their land.Select Ezekiel 39:12

13Everyone will help with the burial, and they will be honored for this on the day the brightness of my glory is seen.Select Ezekiel 39:13

14After those seven months, the people will appoint a group of men to look for any dead bodies left unburied. This must be done for seven months to make sure that the land is no longer unclean.Select Ezekiel 39:14

15Whenever they find a human bone, they will set up a marker next to it. Then the gravediggers will bury it in “The Valley of Gog's Army”Select Ezekiel 39:15

16near the town of “Gog's Army.” After that, the land will be pure again.Select Ezekiel 39:16

17Ezekiel, son of man, I am going to hold a feast on Israel's mountains and offer sacrifices there. So invite all the birds and wild animals to come from every direction and eat the meat of sacrifices and drink the blood. The birds and animalsSelect Ezekiel 39:17

18will feast on the bodies of warriors and foreign rulers that I will sacrifice like sheep, goats, and bulls.Select Ezekiel 39:18

19I want the birds and animals to eat until they are full and drink until they are drunk.Select Ezekiel 39:19

20They will come to my table and stuff themselves with the flesh of horses and warriors of every kind. I, the Lord God, have spoken.Select Ezekiel 39:20

Israel Will Be Restored / The said:

21When I punish the nations of the earth, they will see the brightness of my glory.Select Ezekiel 39:21

22The people of Israel will know from then on that I am the Lord their God.Select Ezekiel 39:22

23Foreign nations will realize that the Israelites were forced to leave their own land because they sinned against me. I turned my back on my people and let enemies attack and kill them.Select Ezekiel 39:23

24Their lives were wicked and corrupt, and they deserved to be punished.Select Ezekiel 39:24

25Now I will show mercy to the people of Israel and bring them back from the nations where they are living. They are Jacob's descendants, so I will bless them and show that I am holy.Select Ezekiel 39:25

26They will live safely in their own land, but will be ashamed when they remember their evil ways and how they disgraced me.Select Ezekiel 39:26

27Foreign nations will watch as I take the Israelites from enemy lands and bring them back home, and those nations will see that I am holy.Select Ezekiel 39:27

28My people will realize that I, the Lord their God, sent them away as prisoners and now will bring them back to their own land.Select Ezekiel 39:28

29Never again will I turn my back on the people of Israel, and my Spirit will live in them. I, the Lord, have spoken.Select Ezekiel 39:29