Ezekiel 39:15

Ezekiel 39:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon–gog.
• New International Version (NIV)As they go through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will leave a marker beside it until the gravediggers bury it in the Valley of Hamon Gog,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when these travel through the land and anyone sees a human bone, then he shall set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The search party will pass through the land; and when anyone sees a man’s bone, he shall set up a marker by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog.

Context of Ezekiel 39:15

13Even all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be to their renown on the day that I glorify Myself,” declares the Lord God. 14“They will set apart men who will constantly pass through the land, burying those who were passing through, even those left on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search. As those who pass through the land pass through and anyone sees a man’s bone, then he will set up a marker by it until the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog. 16And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land.”’ 17“As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God, ‘Speak to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field, “Assemble and come, gather from every side to My sacrifice which I am going to sacrifice for you, as a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.

Ezekiel 39:15 word by word

וְעָבְר֤וּ הָעֹֽבְרִים֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ וְרָאָה֙ עֶ֣צֶם אָדָ֔ם וּבָנָ֥ה אֶצְל֖וֹ צִיּ֑וּן עַ֣ד קָבְר֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ הַֽמְקַבְּרִ֔ים אֶל־גֵּ֖יא הֲמ֥וֹן גּֽוֹג׃Read the interlinear

• As those who passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• through the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• throughעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• and anyone seesרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• a man’sאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• boneעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• setבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• up a markerצִיּוּןtsîyûn · signpostH6725
• by it untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• the buriersקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• it in the valleyגַּיְאgay' gay · (Hamon-gog) ValleyH1516
• Hamon-gogהֲמוֹן גּוֹגhămôn gôg · Hamon-gog (Valley)H1996

Cross-references for Ezekiel 39:15

• Luke 11:44Woe to you! For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it.”
• Ezekiel 39:11“On that day I will give Gog a burial ground there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea, and it will block off those who would pass by. So they will bury Gog there with all his horde, and they will call it the valley of Hamon-gog.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 39:15

• 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. 1515. First "all the people of the land" engaged in the burying for seven months; then special men were employed, at the end of the seven months, to search for any still left unburied. The passers-by helped them by setting up a mark near any such bones, in order to keep others from being defiled by casually touching them, and that the buriers might come and remove them. Denoting the minute care to put away every relic of heathen pollution from the Holy Land.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 39:15

• Burial
• Hamon-Gog

In the dictionaries

• Hamon-Gog
• Ezekiel, Book of
• Gog
• Hamongog
• Burial
• Burier
• Cremation
• Ezekiel
• Pass, Passage, Passenger
• Title

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