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And so they will cleanse the land.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/39.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />(There will be a town there named Hamonah, which means ‘horde.’) And so the land will finally be cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/39.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />(Hamonah is also the name of the city.) Thus shall they cleanse the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/39.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />(Even the city will be named Hamonah.) And so they will cleanse the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/39.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And also the name of the city <i>shall be</i> Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/39.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br /><i>The</i> name of <i>the</i> city <i>will</i> also <i>be</i> Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land.” ’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/39.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And even <i>the</i> name of <i>the</i> city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land.”’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/39.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land."&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/39.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And even <i>the</i> name of <i>the</i> city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land.”’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/39.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And even <i>the</i> name of <i>the</i> city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land.”’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/39.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. In this manner they shall cleanse the land.”’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/39.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />There will even be a city named Hamonah there. So they will cleanse the land.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/39.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />There will even be a city named Hamonah there. So they will cleanse the land.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/39.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/39.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />near the town of "Gog's Army." After that, the land will be pure again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/39.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/39.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />(A city named Hamonah will also be there.) In this way they will cleanse the land.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/39.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />(There will be a town nearby named after the army.) And so the land will be made clean again." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/39.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They'll also name the city that is there 'Hamonah,' as they purify the land."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/39.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />(Even the city will be named Hamonah.) And so they will cleanse the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/39.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />(A city by the name of Hamonah will also be there.) They will cleanse the land.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/39.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/39.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/39.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Hamonah will also be the name of a city. Thus they will cleanse the land.”’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/39.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And also the name of the city [is] The Multitude; and they have cleansed the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/39.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And also the name of the city is The multitude; and they have cleansed the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/39.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And also the name of the city, The Multitude. And they cleansed the land.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/39.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the name of the city shall be Amona, and they shall cleanse the land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/39.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the name of the city will be: the Multitude. And they shall cleanse the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/39.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Also the name of the city is Hamonah. Thus the land will be cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/39.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />(A city Hamonah is there also.) Thus they shall cleanse the land.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/39.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the name of the graveyard shall be, The Mighty City. Thus shall they cleanse the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/39.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the name of the city shall be named, “The Mighty”, and they shall cleanse the land<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/39.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/39.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For the name of the city <i>shall be</i> Burial-place: so shall the land be cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/39-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=11741" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/39.htm">The Slaughter of Gog's Armies</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>As they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘îr (N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">(Even the city</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šem- (N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">named</a> <a href="/hebrew/1997.htm" title="1997: hă·mō·w·nāh (N-proper-fs) -- A city where Gog will be defeated. Feminine of hamown; multitude; hamonah, the same as Hamown Gowg.">Hamonah.)</a> <a href="/hebrew/2891.htm" title="2891: wə·ṭi·hă·rū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be clean or pure. A primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. to be pure.">And so they will cleanse</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a></span><br />Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-32.htm">Jeremiah 7:32-33</a></span><br />So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. / The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Isaiah 66:24</a></span><br />“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-8.htm">Revelation 20:8-9</a></span><br />and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore. / And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-6.htm">Jeremiah 19:6-7</a></span><br />So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. / And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2-3</a></span><br />The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. / Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-21.htm">Revelation 19:21</a></span><br />And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-33.htm">Jeremiah 25:33</a></span><br />Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-19.htm">Isaiah 14:19-20</a></span><br />But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot. / You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-20.htm">Revelation 14:20</a></span><br />And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-6</a></span><br />Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/14-12.htm">Zechariah 14:12</a></span><br />And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-16.htm">Revelation 16:16</a></span><br />And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Isaiah 37:36</a></span><br />Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-28.htm">Matthew 24:28</a></span><br />Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.</p><p class="hdg">Hamonah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/39-12.htm">Ezekiel 39:12</a></b></br> And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/38-15.htm">Army</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-21.htm">City</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-12.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-14.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-33.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-15.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-15.htm">Gog</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-15.htm">Multitude</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/3-20.htm">Army</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-1.htm">City</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-20.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-20.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-20.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-18.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/revelation/20-8.htm">Gog</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-9.htm">Multitude</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 39</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/39-1.htm">God's judgment upon Gog</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/39-8.htm">Israel's victory</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/39-11.htm">Gog's burial in Hamon-gog</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">The feast of the fowls</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/39-21.htm">Israel having been plagued for their sins</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/39-25.htm">shall be gathered again with eternal favor</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/39.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/39.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Even the city will be named Hamonah.</b><br>The name "Hamonah" is derived from the Hebrew word meaning "multitude" or "horde," reflecting the vast number of enemies defeated in the prophetic battle described in <a href="/ezekiel/38.htm">Ezekiel 38-39</a>. This city serves as a memorial to God's victory over Gog and his allies, emphasizing the magnitude of the divine intervention. The naming of the city signifies the importance of remembering God's deliverance and judgment. In biblical tradition, naming places after significant events was common, as seen with Bethel (<a href="/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19</a>) and Gilgal (<a href="/joshua/4-20.htm">Joshua 4:20</a>). This practice underscores the importance of memorializing God's acts in history. Theologically, it points to the ultimate triumph of God over evil, a theme echoed in <a href="/revelation/20-8.htm">Revelation 20:8-9</a>, where God defeats the forces of Gog and Magog in the end times.<p><b>And so they will cleanse the land.</b><br>The cleansing of the land involves the removal of the dead bodies of the invaders, which is necessary to restore ritual purity according to the laws in <a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11-13</a>. This act of purification is not only physical but also spiritual, symbolizing the removal of defilement and the restoration of holiness. The cleansing process reflects the broader biblical theme of God purifying His people and land, as seen in passages like <a href="/zechariah/13.htm">Zechariah 13:1</a> and <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>. It also foreshadows the ultimate purification through Christ, who cleanses believers from sin (1 <a href="/john/1-7.htm">John 1:7</a>). The act of cleansing the land is a precursor to the establishment of God's kingdom, where righteousness dwells, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">Isaiah 65:17-25</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He conveyed God's messages of judgment and restoration.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/gog_and_magog.htm">Gog and Magog</a></b><br>Symbolic of the enemies of God's people, representing a future battle where God will demonstrate His power and sovereignty.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/hamonah.htm">Hamonah</a></b><br>The name of a city mentioned in this verse, meaning "multitude" in Hebrew. It signifies the multitude of enemies defeated by God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_cleansing_of_the_land.htm">The Cleansing of the Land</a></b><br>A prophetic event where the land is purified from the defilement of the enemies, symbolizing spiritual renewal and restoration.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>God's chosen people, who are the recipients of the prophecy and the ones who will witness God's deliverance and cleansing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>God is in control of history and the future. The defeat of Gog and Magog demonstrates His power over all nations and His ability to protect His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_cleansing.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Cleansing</a></b><br>Just as the land is cleansed from defilement, believers are called to seek spiritual purity and holiness in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_promises.htm">Hope in God's Promises</a></b><br>The prophecy assures believers of God's faithfulness to His promises of restoration and renewal, encouraging trust in His plans.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_spiritual_warfare.htm">The Reality of Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>The battle against Gog and Magog symbolizes the ongoing spiritual battle believers face, reminding them to remain vigilant and reliant on God's strength.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_god's_people_in_his_plan.htm">The Role of God's People in His Plan</a></b><br>The Israelites' involvement in the cleansing process highlights the active role believers have in God's redemptive work in the world.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_39.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 39</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_ezek._16_46-48_and_history_align.htm">How does Ezekiel 16:46-48 align with historical records that do not portray Sodom or Samaria as more righteous than Jerusalem?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_abandonment_in_ezekiel.htm">Why does Ezekiel 16:4-5 describe God allowing the abandonment of a newborn if He is portrayed elsewhere as compassionate and all-powerful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_ezekiel_39_11-15_burial.htm">What historical or archaeological evidence exists to confirm or deny the massive burial of armies described in Ezekiel 39:11-15?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_ezekiel_16_3_say_jerusalem's_ancestry_is_amorite_and_hittite.htm">How can Ezekiel 16:3 claim Jerusalem's ancestry is Amorite and Hittite when historical records emphasize Israel's descent from Abraham?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/39.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">Shall be Hamonah.--</span>As a further monument of this great overthrow some city (not more definitely described, but probably yet to be built) shall be called "Multitude."<p><span class= "bld">Thus shall they cleanse the land.--</span>The extremest defilement, according to the Mosaic law, was caused by a dead body or by human bones. From this the land could only be purified by the burial of the last vestige of the host of Gog. In the spiritual contest which this prophecy is designed to set forth under these material figures, this cleansing looks to the purification of the Church from everything "that defileth and is unclean." (Comp. <a href="/context/ephesians/5-26.htm" title="That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,">Ephesians 5:26-27</a>; <a href="/revelation/21-27.htm" title="And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defiles, neither whatever works abomination, or makes a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.">Revelation 21:27</a>.)<p>With <a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm" title="And, you son of man, thus said the Lord GOD; Speak to 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 on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh, and drink blood.">Ezekiel 39:17</a> the last part of this remarkable prophecy is introduced. Its representations are not to be considered as subsequent to those of the former part of the chapter, but as depicting the same thing under another figure.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/39.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - As another mark to distinguish Gog's tomb, a city should arise in its vicinity, bearing the name <span class="cmt_word">Hamonah</span>, or "Multitude" (comp. <a href="/isaiah/19-18.htm">Isaiah 19:18</a>, "the city of destruction"), though Schmieder thinks it must have been "a city of graves," since a city of houses could not exist in such a valley of the dead, and indeed the LXX. gives as the city's name <span class="greek">Πολυάνδριον</span>, by which later Greek writers were accustomed to call the common ground in a cemetery as distinguished from its paternal sepulchers. If quite improbable that Bethshan or Scythopolis near Megiddo was Ezekiel's Hamonah, it is possible the actual city may have been named after the ideal. Plumptre cites as a modern parallel the English town of Lichfield (or "Field of corpses"), which, according to tradition, commemorates the destruction of the Danes. When the work of the buriers should be finished, the land would be completely cleansed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/39-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">(Even the city</span><br /><span class="heb">עִ֛יר</span> <span class="translit">(‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">named</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁם־</span> <span class="translit">(šem-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Hamonah.)</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲמוֹנָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(hă·mō·w·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1997.htm">Strong's 1997: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hamonah -- a city where Gog will be defeated</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And so they will cleanse</span><br /><span class="heb">וְטִהֲר֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṭi·hă·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2891.htm">Strong's 2891: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be clean or pure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land.’</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/39-16.htm">Ezekiel 39:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/39-16.htm">Ezekiel 39:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/39-16.htm">Ezekiel 39:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/39-16.htm">Ezekiel 39:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/39-16.htm">Ezekiel 39:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/39-16.htm">Ezekiel 39:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/39-16.htm">Ezekiel 39:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/39-16.htm">Ezekiel 39:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/39-16.htm">Ezekiel 39:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/39-16.htm">Ezekiel 39:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/39-16.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 39:16 Hamonah shall also be the name (Ezek. 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