Ezekiel 39 : 1 (ERVEN)
"Son of man, speak against Gog for me. Tell him that this is what the Lord God says: 'Gog, you are the most important leader of the countries Meshech and Tubal, but I am against you.
Ezekiel 39 : 2 (ERVEN)
I will capture you and bring you back. I will bring you from the far north. I will bring you to fight against the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel 39 : 3 (ERVEN)
But I will knock your bow from your left hand and your arrows from your right hand.
Ezekiel 39 : 4 (ERVEN)
You will be killed on the mountains of Israel. You, your groups of soldiers, and all the other nations with you will be killed in the battle. I will give you as food to every kind of bird that eats meat and to all the wild animals.
Ezekiel 39 : 5 (ERVEN)
You will not enter the city. You will be killed out in the open fields. I have spoken!'" This is what the Lord God said.
Ezekiel 39 : 6 (ERVEN)
"I will send fire against Magog and those people living along the coast. They think they are safe, but they will know that I am the Lord.
Ezekiel 39 : 7 (ERVEN)
And I will make my holy name known among my people Israel. I will not let people ruin my holy name anymore. The nations will know that I am the Lord. They will know that I am the Holy One in Israel.
Ezekiel 39 : 8 (ERVEN)
That time is coming! It will happen!" This is what the Lord said. "That is the day I am talking about.
Ezekiel 39 : 9 (ERVEN)
"At that time people living in the cities of Israel will go out to the fields. They will collect the enemy's weapons and burn them. They will burn all the shields, bows and arrows, clubs and spears. They will use the weapons as firewood for seven years.
Ezekiel 39 : 10 (ERVEN)
They will not have to gather wood from the fields or chop firewood from the forests because they will use the weapons as firewood. They will take the valuable things from the soldiers who wanted to steal from them. They will take the good things from the soldiers who took good things from them." This is what the Lord God said.
Ezekiel 39 : 11 (ERVEN)
"At that time I will choose a place in Israel to bury Gog. He will be buried in the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Dead Sea. It will block the road for travelers, because Gog and all his army will be buried in that place. People will call it 'The Valley of Gog's Army.'
Ezekiel 39 : 12 (ERVEN)
It will take seven months for the family of Israel to bury them. They must do this to make the land pure.
Ezekiel 39 : 13 (ERVEN)
The common people will bury the enemy soldiers, and the people will become famous on the day that I bring honor to myself." The Lord God said those things.
Ezekiel 39 : 14 (ERVEN)
"Workers will be given a full-time job burying the dead soldiers to make the land pure. The workers will work for seven months. They will go around looking for dead bodies.
Ezekiel 39 : 15 (ERVEN)
They will go around looking, and if anyone sees a bone, a marker will be put up by it. The sign will stay there until the gravediggers come and bury the bone in the Valley of Gog's Army.
Ezekiel 39 : 16 (ERVEN)
The city of the dead will be named Hamonah. In this way they will make the country pure."
Ezekiel 39 : 17 (ERVEN)
This is what the Lord God said: "Son of man, speak to all the birds and wild animals for me. Tell them, 'Come here! Come here! Gather around. Come eat this sacrifice I am preparing for you. There will be a very big sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. Come, eat the meat and drink the blood.
Ezekiel 39 : 18 (ERVEN)
You will eat the meat from the bodies of powerful soldiers and drink the blood from world leaders. They will be like rams, lambs, goats, and fat bulls from Bashan.
Ezekiel 39 : 19 (ERVEN)
You can eat all the fat you want and drink blood until you are full. You will eat and drink from my sacrifice, which I will kill for you.
Ezekiel 39 : 20 (ERVEN)
You will have plenty of meat to eat at my table. There will be horses and chariot drivers, powerful soldiers, and all the other fighting men.'" This is what the Lord God said.
Ezekiel 39 : 21 (ERVEN)
"I will let the other nations see what I have done, and they will begin to respect me! They will see my power that I used against the enemy.
Ezekiel 39 : 22 (ERVEN)
Then from that day on, the family of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God.
Ezekiel 39 : 23 (ERVEN)
And the nations will know why the family of Israel was carried away as prisoners to other countries. They will learn that my people turned against me, so I turned away from them. I let their enemies defeat them, so my people were killed in battle.
Ezekiel 39 : 24 (ERVEN)
They sinned and made themselves filthy, so I punished them for the things they did. I turned away from them and refused to help them."
Ezekiel 39 : 25 (ERVEN)
So this is what the Lord God says: "Now I will bring the family of Jacob back from captivity. I will have mercy on the whole family of Israel. I will show my strong feelings for my holy name.
Ezekiel 39 : 26 (ERVEN)
The people will forget their shame and all the times they turned against me. They will live in safety on their own land. No one will make them afraid.
Ezekiel 39 : 27 (ERVEN)
I will bring my people back from other countries. I will gather them from the lands of their enemies. Then many nations will see how holy I am.
Ezekiel 39 : 28 (ERVEN)
They will know that I am the Lord their God. That is because I made them leave their homes and go as prisoners to other countries. But then I gathered them together again and brought them back to their own land.
Ezekiel 39 : 29 (ERVEN)
I will pour out my Spirit on the family of Israel, and I will never turn away from my people again." This is what the Lord God said.
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