11 "On that day I will give Gog a burial ground there in Israel , the valley of those who pass by east of the sea , and it will block off those who would pass by. So they will bury Gog there with all his horde , and they will call it the valley of Hamon-gog . 12 "For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land . 13 "Even all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be to their renown on the day that I glorify Myself," declares the Lord GOD . 14 "They will set apart men who will constantly pass through the land , burying those who were passing through , even those left on the surface of the ground , in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search . 15 "As those who pass through the land pass through and anyone sees a man's bone , then he will set up a marker by it until the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog . 16 "And even the name of the city will be Hamonah . So they will cleanse the land ."' 17 "As for you, son of man , thus says the Lord GOD , 'Speak to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field , "Assemble and come , gather from every side to My sacrifice which I am going to sacrifice for you, as a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel , that you may eat flesh and drink blood . 18 "You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth , as though they were rams , lambs , goats and bulls , all of them fatlings of Bashan . 19 "So you will eat fat until you are glutted , and drink blood until you are drunk , from My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. 20 "You will be glutted at My table with horses and charioteers , with mighty men and all the men of war ," declares the Lord GOD . 21 "And I will set My glory among the nations ; and all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed and My hand which I have laid on them. 22 "And the house of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God from that day onward .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 39:11-22
Commentary on Ezekiel 39:11-22
(Read Ezekiel 39:11-22)
How numerous the enemies which God destroyed for the defence of his people Israel! Times of great deliverances should be times of reformation. Every one should help the utmost he can, toward cleansing the land from reproach. Sin is an enemy every man should strive against. Those engaged in public work, especially of cleansing and reforming a land, ought to be men who will go through with what they undertake, who will be always employed. When good work is to be done, every one should further it. Having received special favours from God, let us cleanse ourselves from all evil. It is a work which will require persevering diligence, that search may be made into the secret recesses of sin. The judgments of the Lord, brought upon sin and sinners, are a sacrifice to the justice of God, and a feast to the faith and hope of God's people. See how evil pursues sinners, even after death. After all that ambitious and covetous men do and look for, "a place of graves" is all the Lord gives them on earth, while their guilty souls are doomed to misery in another world.