They — The rulers of Israel. Sever — Chuse out men who shall make it their work. Passing — To go up and down over the whole land; for many of Gog's wounded, flying soldiers, died in thickets, and corners into which they crept. The passengers — Whose assistance they would desire of courtesy. Remain — Unburied by the public labour of the house of Israel during the seven months.
MEN OF CONTINUAL EMPLOYMENT - literally, as margin, i. e., men regularly appointed to this business. As the land of Israel represents figuratively the Church of Christ, the purification of that land i...
Ezekiel 38:1; Ezekiel 39:1. There will be at that time of restoration a great and final invasion of the land of Israel. Gog and Magog will invade the land “that is brought back from the sword, and is...
To cleanse the holy land from the defilement caused by the corpses of these heathen hordes, the common people were to spend seven months in collecting and burying them, in a place appointed for that p...
MEN OF CONTINUAL EMPLOYMENT. constantly. MEN. Hebrew pl of _'enosh_. App-14....
When the remains that are visible shall all have been buried, men shall be appointed whose continual task it shall be to go through the land to search for any bones that may have been overlooked. When...
AFTER THE END OF SEVEN MONTHS— Houbigant reads this, _And they shall search for them even to the seventh month._...
B. The Completeness of the Destruction 39:9-20 TRANSLATION (9) And the inhabitants of the cities of Israel shall go out, and they shall burn the weapons and make fuel of them, even the shields, buckl...
And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months s...
2. LEAVE BUT THE SIXTH PART OF THEE] RV 'lead thee on.'...
WITH THE PASSENGERS] should probably be omitted, and BURY should perhaps be 'search out.' There were to be two classes of officials, the searchers and the buriers, and this v. deals with the former. T...
EZEKIEL: “THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD” GOD’S PLANS FOR *ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 25 TO 39 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 39 HOW THE *LORD WILL PUNISH GOG – EZEKIEL 39:1-10 v1
MEN OF CONTINUAL EMPLOYMENT. — The word for “continual” is the same as that translated _always_ in Ezekiel 38:8, where see Note. It implies that this occupation is to be one of long continuance, and t...
וְ אַנְשֵׁ֨י תָמִ֤יד יַבְדִּ֨ילוּ֙ עֹבְרִ֣ים בָּ †...
JEHOVAH'S FINAL VICTORY Ezekiel 38:1; Ezekiel 39:1 THESE Chapter s give the impression of having been intended to stand at the close of the book of Ezekiel. Their present position is best explained o...
Having thus described the order of events in the far distant future, the prophet proceeded to utter in greater detail his prophecy of the antagonism of God to those who thus would gather themselves ag...
And they shall set apart men for [the] continual task of passing through the (i) land to bury with the travellers those that remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse it: after the end of seven mon...
Here are prophecies of a very solemn nature, intimating great destruction, and a multitude of graves for the slain to lie down in. Jesus speaks of the last day dispensation, which is to usher in his p...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 AND 39. Gog, not fearing Jehovah, seeks to take possession of the land. He has no thought that Jehovah is there. His pride blinds him. It is very importan...
AND THEY SHALL SEVER OUT MEN OF CONTINUAL EMPLOYMENT,.... That is, the principal of the house of Israel, their magistrates and governors, shall select certain persons, to be daily employed in the foll...
And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months sh...
Ezekiel 39:11. _I will give unto Gog a place there of graves_ Houbigant translates this passage, _An illustrious place for sepulture, the valley of passengers opposite to the sea; through which the tr...
And they shall sever out men of continual employment, delegating them for just this task, PASSING THROUGH THE LAND TO BURY WITH THE PASSENGERS THOSE THAT REMAIN UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, some of the...
THE DESTRUCTION OF GOG AND HIS HOSTS...
MEN OF CONTINUAL: _ Heb._ men of continuance...
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 cl...
THEY, the rulers in Israel, SHALL SEVER OUT, choose out men who shall make it their work. PASSING THROUGH; to go up and down over the whole land, for many of Gog's wounded, flying soldiers died in thi...
Ezekiel 39:14 apart H914 (H8686) men H582 employed H8548 party H5674 (H8802) through H5674 (H8802) land...
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 massivenes...
“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 th...
CONTENTS: Prophecy against Gog, continued. Vision of restored and converted Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Ezekiel, Gog. CONCLUSION: The powers in the last days that rise up to oppress Israel...
Ezekiel 39:1. _Behold, I am against thee, oh Gog._ This second apostrophe to Gog denotes the superintending providence of God over the enemies of his church, and the certainty of their final overthrow...
THE DESTRUCTION OF GOG AND HIS VAST ARMIES. (Chap. 39) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 39:2. “I WILL LEAVE BUT THE SIXTH PART OF THEE”—I will six thee; _i.e.,_ afflict thee with six plagues—pestilence, blo...
EXPOSITION Of the two main divisions of this chapter, the first (Ezekiel 39:1) depicts the greatness of the overthrow of Gog; the second (Ezekiel 39:21) records the impression made by it upon Both Is...
CHAPTER S 38, 39. THE ASSAULT OF GOG, AND HIS DESTRUCTION. THE last portion of the prophecy, which began at Ezekiel 37, stretches through these two next Chapter s, which properly form but one piece....
Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the [Rosh prince or the Russian] prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn thee...
Ezekiel 39:12; Numbers 19:11...