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The books of Ezekiel and Daniel provide some of the most memorable stories and images of the Old Testament. Ezekiel, the wild prophet of the Babylonian exile, gave us images of the blazing wheeled throne of God leaving Jerusalem and the valley of dry bones that only God could restore to life. Struggling to prove his authenticity as a prophet, Ezekiel gives hard messages to the people of Israel...

The oracle begins to turn in the next section (38:14–16). In these verses, God makes clear that even future enemies are brought by the Lord to suit God’s purposes, that is, in order to display God’s holiness through victory. Verses 18–23 describe the Lord’s use of earthquake, pestilence, and bloodshed as the divine arsenal. Ezekiel 39:1–20 lingers over its depiction of Magog’s dead. They too become bones scattered across an empty field, but these bones have no hope of resurrection. Instead, Israelite
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