Ezekiel 39:16

Ezekiel 39:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
• New International Version (NIV)near a town called Hamonah. And so they will cleanse the land.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)(Hamonah is also the name of the city.) Thus shall they cleanse the land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The name of the city will also be Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land.” ’

Context of Ezekiel 39:16

14And they shall sever out men of continual employment to go through the land, who, with the passers-by, shall bury those that remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse it: at the end of seven months shall they make a search. 15And the passers-by shall pass through the land, and when [any] seeth a man's bone, he shall set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-Gog. And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land. 17And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak unto the birds of every wing, and to every beast of the field, Gather yourselves together and come, assemble yourselves on every side to my sacrifice which I sacrifice for you, a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. 18Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, [and] of bullocks, all of them fatted beasts of Bashan.

Ezekiel 39:16 word by word

וְגַ֥ם שֶׁם־עִ֛יר הֲמוֹנָ֖ה וְטִהֲר֥וּ הָאָֽרֶץ׃ סRead the interlinear

• alsoגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• cleanseטָהֵרţâhêr · be pureH2891
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Ezekiel 39:16

• Ezekiel 39:12And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land;

Commentaries on Ezekiel 39:16

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-22Verses 11-22 How numerous the enemies which God destroyed for the defence of his people Israel! Times of great deliverances should be times of reformation. Every one should help the utmost he can, toward cleansing the land from reproach. Sin is an enemy every man should strive against. Those engaged in public work, especially of cleansing and reforming a land, ought to be men who will go through with what they undertake, who will be always employed. When…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-16So many people would die that all Israel would take part in cleaning the land for seven months. Even after those seven months, more work would remain. Specially appointed workers would continue to search the land. When they found human bones, they would mark the place so the remains could be buried properly.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. A city in the neighborhood was to receive the name Hamonah, "multitude," to commemorate the overthrow of the multitudes of the foe [Henderson]. The multitude of the slain shall give a name to the city of Jerusalem after the land shall have been cleansed [Grotius]. Jerusalem shall be famed as the conqueror of multitudes.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 39:16

• Hamonah

In the dictionaries

• Ezekiel, Book of
• Gog
• Hamonah
• Burial
• Cremation
• Ezekiel

Commentaries on Ezekiel 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings