Ezekiel 39

¹ 'So, son of man, prophesy against Gog. Say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I am against you,Gog, paramount prince of Meshech and Tubal.

² I shal turn you about, lead you on, and bring you from the farthest north against the mountains ofIsrael.

³ I shal break the bow in your left hand and dash the arrows out of your right.

⁴ You will fal on the mountains of Israel, you, al your troops and the nations with you. I shall make youfood for every kind of bird of prey and wild animals.

⁵ You will fal in the wilds, for I have spoken -- declares the Lord Yahweh.

⁶ I shal send down fire on Magog and on those living undisturbed in the islands, and they wil know thatI am Yahweh.

⁷ I shal see that my holy name is acknowledged by my people Israel, and no longer al ow my holy nameto be profaned; and the nations wil know that I am Yahweh, holy in Israel.

⁸ "All this is to happen, al this is to take place -- declares the Lord Yahweh. This is the day I predicted.

⁹ "The inhabitants of the towns of Israel wil go out and set fire to and burn the weapons, the shields andbucklers, bows and arrows, javelins and spears. They wil burn these for seven years

¹⁰ and not fetch wood from the countryside or cut it in the forests, since they wil be burning theweapons. They will plunder those who plundered them, and despoil those who despoiled them -- declares theLord Yahweh.

¹¹ "That day, I shall give Gog a famous spot in Israel for his grave, the val ey of the Obarim, east of theSea -- the val ey that halts the travel er -- and there Gog and his whole throng wil be buried, and it wil be cal edthe Val ey of Hamon-Gog.

¹² The House of Israel will take seven months to bury them and cleanse the country.

¹³ Al the people of the country wil dig their graves, thus winning themselves renown, the day when Idisplay my glory -- declares the Lord Yahweh.

¹⁴ And men wil be detailed to the permanent duty of going through the country and burying those leftabove ground and cleansing it. They wil begin their search once the seven months are over,

¹⁵ and as they go through the country, if one of them sees any human bones, he wil set up a markerbeside them until the gravediggers have buried them in the val ey of Hamon-Gog

¹⁶ (and Hamonah is also the name of a town) and have cleansed the country."

¹⁷ 'Son of man, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Say to the birds of every kind and to al the wild animals:Muster, come, gather from everywhere around for the sacrifice I am making for you, a great sacrifice on themountains of Israel, so that you can eat flesh and drink blood.

¹⁸ You wil eat the flesh of heroes, you wil drink the blood of the princes of the world. They are al ramsand lambs, goats and fat bul s of Bashan.

¹⁹ You wil glut yourselves on fat and drink yourselves drunk on blood at this sacrifice I am making foryou.

²⁰ You wil glut yourselves at my table on horses and chargers, on heroes and every kind of warrior --declares the Lord Yahweh."

²¹ 'I shal display my glory to the nations, and al nations wil see my sentence when I inflict it and myhand when I strike them.

²² The House of Israel will know that I am Yahweh their God, from that day forward for ever.

²³ The nations too wil know that the House of Israel were exiled for their guilt; because they wereunfaithful to me, I hid my face from them and put them into the clutches of their enemies, so that they all fel bythe sword.

²⁴ I treated them as their loathsome acts of infidelity deserved and hid my face from them.

²⁵ 'So, the Lord Yahweh says this, "Now I shal bring Jacob's captives back and take pity on the wholeHouse of Israel and show myself jealous for my holy name.

²⁶ They will forget their disgrace and al the acts of infidelity which they committed against me whenthey were living safely in their own country, with no one to disturb them.

²⁷ When I bring them home from the peoples, when I gather them back from the countries of theirenemies, when I display my holiness in them for many nations to see,

²⁸ they wil know that I am Yahweh their God who, having sent them into exile among the nations, havereunited them in their own country, not leaving a single one behind.

²⁹ I shal never hide my face from them again, since I shal pour out my spirit on the House of Israel --declares the Lord Yahweh." '