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Ezekiel 39:14 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" “‘“They will set apart men of continual employment who will pass through the land. Those who pass through will go with those who bury those who remain on the surface of the land, to cleanse it. After the end of seven months they will search. "
Ezekiel 39:14
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12 “‘“The house of Israel will be burying them for seven months, that they may cleanse the land.
13 Yes, all the people of the land will bury them; and they will become famous in the day that I will be glorified,” says the Lord GOD.
14 “‘“They will set apart men of continual employment who will pass through the land. Those who pass through will go with those who bury those who remain on the surface of the land, to cleanse it. After the end of seven months they will search.
15 Those who search through the land will pass through; and when anyone sees a man’s bone, then he will set up a sign by it, until the undertakers have buried it in the valley of Hamon Gog.
16 Hamonah will also be the name of a city. Thus they will cleanse the land.”’
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Ezekiel 39:1
"“You, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal."
Ezekiel 39:2
"I will turn you around, will lead you on, and will cause you to come up from the uttermost parts of the north; and I will bring you onto the mountains of Israel."
Ezekiel 39:3
"I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand."
Ezekiel 39:4
"You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort and to the animals of the field to be devoured."
Ezekiel 39:5
"You will fall on the open field, for I have spoken it,” says the Lord GOD."
Ezekiel 39:6
"“I will send a fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the islands. Then they will know that I am the LORD."
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