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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 39:8-22

Though this prophecy was to have its accomplishment in the latter days, yet it is here spoken of as if it were already accomplished, because it is certain (Ezek. 39:8): ?Behold it has come, and it is done; it is as sure to be done when the time shall come as if it were done already; this is the day whereof I have long and often spoken, and, though it has been long in coming, yet at length it has come.? Thus it was said unto John (Rev. 21:6), It is done. To represent the routing of the army of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 39:11

And it shall come to pass in that day ,.... When this destruction of the army of Gog shall be made: that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel ; or, "a place there, a grave in Israel" F2 מקום שם קבר "locum ibi sepulchrum", Starckius; "locum ubi sit sepulchrum", Cocceius. ; he that thought to have subdued the whole land, and taken possession of it, shall have no more of it than just a place for a grave, to be buried in; a place fit for a grave, as the Targum;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 39:12

And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them ,.... So long time will the burial of Gog's army take up, because of the multitude of it, and by reason their bones will be scattered here and there; which will require time to gather them together, and bring them to one place: the reason of the burial of them will be, partly out of humanity, which the Christian religion, which will then be embraced by the Jews, teaches and encourages; and partly because of the disagreeable sight... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 39:13

Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them ,.... That is, a great number of the common people of the land of Israel, especially of those that dwell near the field of battle, shall be employed in burying the slain; and which they will be very ready to do, for the reasons above mentioned: and it shall be to them a renown ; or, "for a name" F7 לשם "in nomen", Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Cocceius, Starckius. ; they shall be commended for their humanity to their enemies, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 39:14

And they shall sever out men of continual employment ,.... That is, the principal of the house of Israel, their magistrates and governors, shall select certain persons, to be daily employed in the following work, till ended: passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it ; these men will be appointed to go through the land of Israel, to gather up such carcasses and bones of dead men as remain anywhere after the seven... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 39:11

The valley of the passengers on the east of the sea - That is, of Gennesareth, according to the Targum. The valley near this lake or sea is called the Valley of the Passengers, because it was a great road by which the merchants and traders from Syria and other eastern countries went into Egypt; see Genesis 37:17 , Genesis 37:25 . See Calmet here. There shall they bury Gog and all his multitude - Some read, "There shall they bury Gog, that is, all his multitude." Not Gog, or Antiochus... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 39:12

And seven months - It shall require a long time to bury the dead. This is another figurative expression; which, however, may admit of a good deal of literal meaning. Many of the Syrian soldiers had secreted themselves in different places during the pursuit after the battle, where they died of their wounds, of hunger, and of fatigue; so that they were not all found and buried till seven months after the defeat of the Syrian army. This slow process of burying is distinctly related in the three... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:1-20

In the first main division Ezekiel repeats the substance of what has already been advanced concerning the defeat of Gog (verses 1-8), after which he strives to represent its completeness (verses 9-20), by setting forth read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:1-21

The terrible doom of rebels. We may regard it as certain that this prophecy has in view the final conflict between good and evil in this world. Already , in the preceding prophecies, Ezekiel has been portraying the prosperous times of Messiah ' s reign; and now he has a vision of an age still more remote, when shall come the final clash of arms between God and a rebel world. We may take it that Satan, or Apollyon, will be the real leader in this final onset. All the forces of... read more

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