エゼキエル書 39:11-15 JC

Gog, who should invade Israel in the hope of acquiring the entire mastery of her land, would obtain at Jehovah's hands only a place there of graves , i.e. either, as Hitzig, Ewald, Keil, and Smend suggest, a place where a grave might be possible—a place large enough to receive his slaughtered carcasses; or as Havernick proposes, "an altogether special grave as no other in Israel;" or as Schroder interprets, "a place where there is a grave for him and nothing else." Concerning both the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:11-16

Contain a second proof of the completeness of Gog's destruction, viz. the length of time occupied in burying the slain and cleansing the land. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:12-13

The time that should be occupied in Gog's funeral should be seven months—so great should be the number of the dead—the sacred number seven recalling the seven years consumed in the burning of the weapons ( Ezekiel 39:9 ), and reminding one of the "seven times heated" furnace into which the Hebrew children were cast, and of the "seven times" of Nebuchadnezzar's humiliation ( Daniel 3:19 ; Daniel 4:23 ). The parties who should conduct his obsequies should be the house of Israel , even ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:14

When the work of burying Gog should have gone on for seven months, at the end of that time the Israelites should sever out (comp. Deuteronomy 10:8 ) men of continual employment ; literally, men of con- t/nuance; i.e. persons hired for a continuous work or devoted to a constant occupation, whose business it should be passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain —or, as the Revised Version reads, to bury them that pass through , that remain—upon the face... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:15

describes the method of procedure these "searchers" and "buriers," should follow. If these were distinct from each other, the "searchers"—if they were the same, any others—on discovering a man's bone should set up a sign by it ; literally, build near it a pillar ; erect a heap of stone to call the attention of the butlers, who, on coming to the spot, should inter it in the valley of Hamon-gog. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 39:11

The prophet pictures to himself some imaginary valley (compare Zechariah 14:5) at the “east of the sea,” the Dead Sea, a place frightful in its physical character, and admonitory of past judgments. He calls it “the valley of the passengers” (or, passers-by), because they who there lie buried were but as a passing cloud. In Ezekiel 39:11-15 there is a play upon words - there were “passengers” to be buried, “passengers” to walk over their graves, “passengers” to bury them; (or, a play upon the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 39:14

Men of continual employment - literally, as margin, i. e., men regularly appointed to this business. As the land of Israel represents figuratively the Church of Christ, the purification of that land is a proper part of the figure to indicate such a sanctification and cleansing of His Church, as Paul describes Ephesians 5:26-27. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 39:11-16

Ezekiel 39:11-16. I will give unto Gog a place there of graves Houbigant translates this passage, An illustrious place for sepulture, the valley of passengers opposite to the sea; through which the travellers shall pass, stopping their noses According to the Chaldee, the scene here spoken of was the lake of Gennesareth. In the Hebrew language, all lakes are called by the name of seas. The same is called the eastern sea, (Ezekiel 47:18,) to distinguish it from the Mediterranean, called the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 39:1-29

Destruction of the armies of Gog (39:1-29)Ezekiel repeats that God was the one who drew out the forces of Gog, his purpose being to destroy them (39:1-3). Their dead soldiers lie unburied in the fields, and their cities are in ashes (4-6). The terrible massacre helps people to see how frightening is the power of God when he acts in holy anger against evil (7-8).So great were the armies of Gog in size, that their weapons provide firewood for the people of Israel for the next seven years (9-10).... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:1-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:11-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 39:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 39:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 39:11-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 39:1-29

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