Bible Commentary

And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. Verse 19. And ye shall eat fat – and drink blood] Who shall eat and drink, c.? Not the Jews: though Voltaire says they ate human flesh, and are invited … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 39:19”

Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. 18. The actual victims sacrificed were princes and mighty men; here they are described as rams and goats the usual animals sacrificed. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 39:18”

And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, [even] a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 39:17”

And also the name of the city [shall be] Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land. 16. name of the city Hamonah ] Or, a city. Hamonah is fem. of Hamon, multitude, and presumably of the same meaning. The words, however, are enigmatical and alien to the connexion. The last clause, “and they shall cleanse … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 39:16”

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. 15. Render with R.V., And they that pass through the land (the searchers) shall pass through; and when any seeth a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 39:15”

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 shall they search. 14. When the remains that are visible shall all have been buried, men shall be appointed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 39:14”

Yea, all the people of the land shall bury [them]; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD. 13. a renown) Or, a glory (lit. a name), viz. that they have seen their last enemy destroyed by their God. The triumph is theirs, being … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 39:13”

And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. 12. It shall take all Israel ( Eze 39:13) seven months to bury Gog’s dead. The bones scattered over the land defiled it, for it was holy to the Lord, and they must be gathered and interred, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 39:12”

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the [noses] of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 39:11”

So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down [any] out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. 10. burn the weapons ] make fire with the weapons. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 39:10”