GOD'S JUDGMENT ON GOG. “And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Behold I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. And I will turn you about and lead you on (shshw), and will cause you to come from the uttermost parts of the north, and I will bring you on the mountains o... [ Continue Reading ]
“You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you, and I will give you to the ravenous birds of every kind, and to the beasts of the field, to be devoured. You will fall on the open field, for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.” The mountains... [ Continue Reading ]
“And I will send a fire on Magog, and on those who dwell securely on the isles/coastlands, and they will know that I am Yahweh.” We note now an expansion of God's judgments. The lands of those who attacked his people will likewise suffer (compare the vivid picture in Judges 5:28). They thought that... [ Continue Reading ]
“And I will make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel, nor will I allow my holy name to be profaned any more. And the nations will know that I am Yahweh, the Holy One in Israel.” God's holy name, that is His own righteousness, purity and ‘otherness' will by all this be made known to... [ Continue Reading ]
“Behold it comes and it will be done,” says the Lord Yahweh. “This is the day of which I have spoken.” The uniqueness of this day comes out here. It is the final day of which Yahweh has spoken (Isaiah 2:12; Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1; Joel 2:11; Joel 2:31; Joel 3:14; compare Zechariah 14:1), in contrast wi... [ Continue Reading ]
“And those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go forth, and will make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, the handstaves and the spears. And they will make fires of them for seven years, so that they will take no wood from the field, no... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CLEARING UP OPERATION AND THE CLEANSING OF THE LAND (EZEKIEL 39:9). Concentration on the detail here can obscure the significance of the whole. The main points being brought out are the massiveness of what has to be dealt with, and the importance of making the land totally ‘clean'. Attention is... [ Continue Reading ]
“And it will come about in that day that I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of those who pass through in front of (or ‘to the east of') the sea. And it will stop those who pass through. And there they will bury Gog and all his hordes, and they will call it the valley of Hamo... [ Continue Reading ]
“And seven months will the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land. Yes, all the people of the land will bury them. And it will bring honour on them (be to them a renown) in the day that I will be glorified,” says the Lord Yahweh. “And they will set apart men with the continu... [ Continue Reading ]
“And the passers through the land will pass through, and when any 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. And Hamonah (multitude) will also be the name of a city. Thus will they cleanse the land.” The passers through will c... [ Continue Reading ]
“And you, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh, Speak to the birds of every kind, and to every beast of the field. ‘Assemble yourselves and come. Gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and d... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SCAVENGERS ARE CALLED TO A GREAT SACRIFICIAL FEAST (EZEKIEL 39:17). A huge emphasis in this chapter is on the purification of Israel and the awful fate of the wicked. Both are again involved here, with the emphasis on the latter. The scavengers clean up the land, but here they are also seen as... [ Continue Reading ]
“And you will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.” Nothing could have been designed to make Ezekiel shudder more. The eating of the fat and the drinking of the blood of sacrifices were forbidden to men. And here it is the... [ Continue Reading ]
“And you will be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men and with all the men of war, says the Lord Yahweh.” That great and proud host that went forth to battle with shouts of triumph and certainty of spoils, has now become a feast for the wild beasts and scavenger birds. It st... [ Continue Reading ]
“And I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see my judgment which I have executed, and my hand which I have laid on them. So the house of Israel will know that I am Yahweh their God from that day, and forward. And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into capt... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VINDICATION OF YAHWEH (EZEKIEL 39:21). Ezekiel sees the future in terms of the vindication of Yahweh. He will be glorified in the eyes of the nations when they see His judgments. Israel will also know that He is Yahweh. For having punished them He will again gather them and His Spirit will be p... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Now I will reverse the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name. And after they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses by which they have trespassed against me, then they will dwell securel... [ Continue Reading ]
“And they will know that I am Yahweh their God, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them to their own land. And I will leave none of them there any more. Nor will I hide my face any more from them. For I (will) have poured out my Spirit on the house of Isr... [ Continue Reading ]