Ezekiel 39:9–22

⁹“ ‘Then the inhabitants of Israel’s cities will go out, kindle fires, and burn the weapons—the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them to make fires. ¹⁰They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it down from the forests, for they will use the weapons to make fires. They will take the loot from those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them.^b This is the declaration of the Lord God.

¹¹“ ‘Now on that day I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel—the Travelers’ Valley^B east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, for Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called Hordes of Gog Valley. ¹²The house of Israel will spend seven months burying them in order to cleanse the land.^{c 13}All the people of the land will bury them and their fame will spread^d on the day I display my glory.^e This is the declaration of the Lord God.

¹⁴“ ‘They will appoint men on a full-time basis to pass through the land and bury the invaders^D who remain on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. They will make their search at the end of the seven months. ¹⁵When they pass through the land and one of them sees a human bone, he will set up a marker next to it until the buriers have buried it in Hordes of Gog Valley. ¹⁶There will even be a city named Hamonah^A there. So they will cleanse the land.’

¹⁷“Son of man, this is what the Lord God says: Tell every kind of bird and all the wild animals, ‘Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my sacrificial feast that I am slaughtering for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel;^f you will eat flesh and drink blood. ¹⁸You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the earth’s princes: rams, lambs, male goats, and all the fattened bulls of Bashan. ¹⁹You will eat fat until you are satisfied^g and drink blood until you are drunk, at my sacrificial feast that I have prepared for you. ²⁰At my table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, of mighty men and all the warriors. This is the declaration of the Lord God.’

ISRAEL’S RESTORATION TO GOD

²¹“I will display my glory among the nations,^h and all the nations will see the judgment I have executed and the hand I have laid on them. ²²From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God.