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“ʻ“And the inhabitants of the towns[a] of Israel will go out, and they will set ablaze, and they will kindle a fire with a weapon[b] and a small shield and a shield,[c] with a bow and with arrows, and with hand clubs[d] and with spears,[e] and so they will light a fire with them, a fire lasting seven years.[f] 10 And they will not carry trees from the field, and they will not chop wood from the forests, for with the weapons[g] they will light a fire; and they will plunder those plundering them, and they will plunder those plundering them,”’ declares[h] the Lord Yahweh.

11 “‘“And then[i] on that day I will give to Gog a grave there[j] in Israel, The Valley of the Travelers, east of the sea,[k] and it will block[l] the travelers and Gog and all of his hordes[m] they will bury there, and they will call it the Valley of Hamon-Gog.[n]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 39:9 Or “cities”
  2. Ezekiel 39:9 Or “weapons”
  3. Ezekiel 39:9 Or “shields and bucklers”; cf. NJPS
  4. Ezekiel 39:9 Literally “with club of hand”
  5. Ezekiel 39:9 Hebrew “spear”
  6. Ezekiel 39:9 Literally “a fire of seven years”
  7. Ezekiel 39:10 Hebrew “weapon”
  8. Ezekiel 39:10 Literally “declaration of”
  9. Ezekiel 39:11 Literally “and it will happen”
  10. Ezekiel 39:11 Literally “a place there of a grave”
  11. Ezekiel 39:11 That is, the Dead Sea
  12. Ezekiel 39:11 Literally “blocking”
  13. Ezekiel 39:11 Hebrew “horde”
  14. Ezekiel 39:11 Literally “Gog’s Multitude”