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Ezekiel 39:4
4You will fall to the ground on Israel's mountains. You, your soldiers and the people who are with you will all die there. Vultures and wild animals will eat your dead bodies.
Ezekiel 39:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
- New International Version (NIV)On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild animals.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your hordes and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
Context of Ezekiel 39:4
2I will turn you around and I will pull you along. I will bring you from the far away places in the north to attack the mountains of Israel. 3Then I will knock your bow out of your left hand. I will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand. You will fall to the ground on Israel's mountains. You, your soldiers and the people who are with you will all die there. Vultures and wild animals will eat your dead bodies. 5Your bodies will lie in the fields. I, the Almighty Lord, have said that this will happen. 6I will send fires to burn in Magog. They will burn the people who live safely in towns on the coast of the sea. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
Read all of Ezekiel 39Ezekiel 39:4 word by word
עַל־הָרֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל תִּפּ֗וֹל אַתָּה֙ וְכָל־אֲגַפֶּ֔יךָ וְעַמִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֑ךְ לְעֵ֨יט צִפּ֧וֹר כָּל־כָּנָ֛ף וְחַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה נְתַתִּ֥יךָ לְאָכְלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thou shalt fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
- upon the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- thou, and all thy bandsאֲגַף'aggâph · bandH102
- and the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- with thee: I will giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- thee unto the ravenousעַ֫יִט‛ayiţ · bird of preyH5861
- birdsצִפּוֹרtsippôr tsippôr · birdH6833
- of every sortכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
- the beastsחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
- of the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
- to be devouredאׇכְלָה'ôklâh · foodH402
Cross-references for Ezekiel 39:4
- Ezekiel 39:17Son of man, this is what the Lord God says: Shout to all kinds of birds and wild animals, “Come here from all the country to eat the meal that I have prepared for you. It is a great sacrifice on Israel's mountains. There you will eat meat and you will drink blood.
- Ezekiel 38:21I will command the soldiers on all the mountains of my land to attack Gog. That is what I, the Almighty Lord, say. Gog's soldiers will fight against each other with their swords.
- Ezekiel 32:4I will throw you onto dry ground and I will leave you there. I will bring the birds to fly down from the sky and sit on you. I will bring the wild animals to feed themselves on you, and eat as much as they want.
- Ezekiel 33:27Say to them, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: I promise you this, as surely as I live. Soldiers will kill the people who live among the heaps of stones. I will cause wild animals to eat the people who live in the fields. Diseases will kill the people who hide in strong buildings and in caves.
- Isaiah 34:2The Lord is angry against all the nations and all their armies. He has decided to destroy them, and that is what he will do.
- Jeremiah 15:3I will send four kinds of punishments to hurt them. Soldiers will kill them in war. Dogs will carry away their dead bodies. Birds and wild animals will eat them and destroy them.
- Revelation 19:17Then I saw an angel who was standing in the sun. He shouted loudly to all the birds that were flying high in the sky, ‘Come here! Come together to eat the big meal that God has prepared.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 39:4
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4This terrible enemy, Gog, would be left helpless after his defeat. His dead body would become food for vultures and wild animals. This was similar to what happened to Goliath (compare 1 Samuel 17:44–46).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. (Compare Eze 39:17-20). upon the mountains of Israel--The scene of Israel's preservation shall be that of the ungodly foe's destruction.Read the comment
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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
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