Ezekiel 39:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 39:8

6 ^a“And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in ^bthe coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

7 ^aSo I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them ^bprofane My holy name anymore. ^cThen the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.

8 ^aSurely it is coming, and it shall be done,” says the Lord God. “This is the day ^bof which I have spoken.

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, the¹ javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years.

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

The Burial of Gog

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 of¹ Hamon Gog.

12 For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, ^ain order to cleanse the land.

13 Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain ^arenown for it on the day that ^bI am glorified,” says the Lord God.

14 “They will set apart men regularly employed, with the help of¹ a search party, to pass through the land and bury those bodies remaining on the ground, in order ^ato cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search.

15 The search party will pass through the land; and when anyone sees a man’s bone, he shall¹ set up a marker by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog.

16 The name of the city will also be¹ Hamonah. Thus they shall ^acleanse the land.” ’

A Triumphant Festival

17 “And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God, ^a‘Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field:
^b“Assemble yourselves and come;
Gather together from all sides to My ^csacrificial meal
Which I am sacrificing for you,
A great sacrificial meal ^don the mountains of Israel,
That you may eat flesh and drink blood.

18 ^aYou 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 ^bfatlings of Bashan.

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

20 ^aYou shall be filled at My table
With horses and riders,
^bWith mighty men
And with all the men of war,” says the Lord God.

Israel Restored to the Land

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

22 ^aSo the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day forward.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 39:8

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American Standard Version
Behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

Amplified® Bible
Behold, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord God; that is the day of which I have spoken.

Contemporary English Version
The day is coming when these things will happen, just as I have promised.

Darby English Version
Behold, it cometh, and shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah. This is the day whereof I have spoken.

Good News Bible
The Sovereign LORD said, "The day I spoke about is certain to come.

King James Version
Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, it is coming and it shall be done, declares the Lord GOD. "That is the day of which I have spoken."

New International Version
It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign LORD. This is the day I have spoken of.

New King James Version
Surely it is coming, and it shall be done,' says the Lord GOD. 'This is the day of which I have spoken.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Behold, it comes and it shall occur," declares the Lord GOD. "That day I have spoken.

Revised Standard Version
Behold, it is coming and it will be brought about, says the Lord GOD. That is the day of which I have spoken.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, it hath come, and it hath been done, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, It `is' the day of which I spake.

New English Translation
Realize that it is coming and it will be done, declares the sovereign Lord. It is the day I have spoken about.

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