Ezekiel 39:10-13

¹⁰ "They will not take wood from the field or gather firewood from the forests , for they will make fires with the weapons ; and they will take the spoil of those who despoiled them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them," declares the Lord GOD . 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 .

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 39:10-13

Commentary on Ezekiel 39:1-10

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The Lord will make the most careless and hardened transgressors know his holy name, either by his righteous anger, or by the riches of his mercy and grace. The weapons formed against Zion shall not prosper. Though this prophecy is to be fulfilled in the latter days, it is certain. From the language used, it seems that the army of Gog will be destroyed by miracle.

Commentary on Ezekiel 39:11-22

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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.