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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 39 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/39.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/39-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Ezekiel 39</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/38.htm" title="Ezekiel 38">◄</a> Ezekiel 39 <a href="../ezekiel/40.htm" title="Ezekiel 40">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/ezekiel/39.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Slaughter of Gog’s Hordes</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD: I am your enemy, O Gog, ruler of the nations of Meshech and Tubal. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I will turn you around and drive you toward the mountains of Israel, bringing you from the distant north. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I will knock the bow from your left hand and the arrows from your right hand, and I will leave you helpless. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You and your army and your allies will all die on the mountains. I will feed you to the vultures and wild animals. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You will fall in the open fields, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And I will rain down fire on Magog and on all your allies who live safely on the coasts. Then they will know that I am the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“In this way, I will make known my holy name among my people of Israel. I will not let anyone bring shame on it. And the nations, too, will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>That day of judgment will come, says the Sovereign LORD. Everything will happen just as I have declared it.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Then the people in the towns of Israel will go out and pick up your small and large shields, bows and arrows, javelins and spears, and they will use them for fuel. There will be enough to last them seven years! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They won’t need to cut wood from the fields or forests, for these weapons will give them all the fuel they need. They will plunder those who planned to plunder them, and they will rob those who planned to rob them, says the Sovereign LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“And I will make a vast graveyard for Gog and his hordes in the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Dead Sea.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> It will block the way of those who travel there, and they will change the name of the place to the Valley of Gog’s Hordes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>It will take seven months for the people of Israel to bury the bodies and cleanse the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Everyone in Israel will help, for it will be a glorious victory for Israel when I demonstrate my glory on that day, says the Sovereign LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“After seven months, teams of men will be appointed to search the land for skeletons to bury, so the land will be made clean again. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Whenever bones are found, a marker will be set up so the burial crews will take them to be buried in the Valley of Gog’s Hordes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>(There will be a town there named Hamonah, which means ‘horde.’) And so the land will finally be cleansed.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“And now, son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Call all the birds and wild animals. Say to them: Gather together for my great sacrificial feast. Come from far and near to the mountains of Israel, and there eat flesh and drink blood! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of princes as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all fattened animals from Bashan! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Gorge yourselves with flesh until you are glutted; drink blood until you are drunk. This is the sacrificial feast I have prepared for you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Feast at my banquet table—feast on horses and charioteers, on mighty men and all kinds of valiant warriors, says the Sovereign LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“In this way, I will demonstrate my glory to the nations. Everyone will see the punishment I have inflicted on them and the power of my fist when I strike. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And from that time on the people of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The nations will then know why Israel was sent away to exile—it was punishment for sin, for they were unfaithful to their God. Therefore, I turned away from them and let their enemies destroy them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I turned my face away and punished them because of their defilement and their sins.</p><p class="hdg">Restoration for God’s People</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“So now, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will end the captivity of my people<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>; I will have mercy on all Israel, for I jealously guard my holy reputation! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>They will accept responsibility for<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> their past shame and unfaithfulness after they come home to live in peace in their own land, with no one to bother them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>When I bring them home from the lands of their enemies, I will display my holiness among them for all the nations to see. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then my people will know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them away to exile and brought them home again. I will leave none of my people behind. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/39-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And I will never again turn my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon the people of Israel. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">39:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the sea.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">39:25 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">of Jacob.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">39:26 </span><span class="ft">A few Hebrew manuscripts read </span><span class="it">They will forget.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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