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Ezequiel 39

ARC · Chapter 39/48

1Tu pois, ó filho do homem, prophetiza ainda contra Gog, e dize: Assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Eis que eu estou contra ti, ó Gog, principe e chefe de Mesech e de Tubal.

2E te farei voltar, e te porei seis anzoes, e te farei subir das bandas do norte, e te trarei aos montes de Israel.

3E tirarei o teu arco da tua mão esquerda, e farei cair as tuas frechas da tua mão direita.

4Nos montes de Israel cairás, tu e todas as tuas tropas, e os povos que estão comtigo; e ás aves de rapina, e ás aves de toda a aza, e aos animaes do campo, te dei por pasto.

5Sobre a face do campo cairás, porque eu o fallei, diz o Senhor Jehovah.

6E enviarei um fogo a Magog, e entre os que habitam seguros nas ilhas; e saberão que eu sou o Senhor.

7E farei conhecido o meu sancto nome no meio do meu povo Israel, e nunca mais deixarei profanar o meu sancto nome; e as nações saberão que eu sou o Senhor, o Sancto em Israel.

8Eis que é vindo, e será feito, diz o Senhor Jehovah: este é o dia de que tenho fallado.

9E os habitantes das cidades de Israel sairão, e accenderão fogo, e queimarão as armas, e os escudos e as rodelas, com os arcos, e com as frechas, e com os bastões de mão, e com as lanças; e accenderão fogo com ellas por sete annos.

10E não trarão lenha do campo, nem a cortarão dos bosques, mas com as armas accenderão fogo; e roubarão aos que os roubaram, e despojarão aos que os despojaram, diz o Senhor Jehovah.

11E succederá que, n'aquelle dia, darei ali a Gog um logar de sepultura em Israel, o valle dos que passam ao oriente do mar; e este tapará os narizes aos que passarem; e ali sepultarão a Gog, e a toda a sua multidão, e lhe chamarão o valle da multidão de Gog.

12E a casa de Israel os enterrará por sete mezes, para purificar a terra.

13Pois todo o povo da terra os enterrará, e lhes será de nomeada o dia em que eu fôr glorificado, diz o Senhor Jehovah.

14E separarão uns homens que incessantemente passarão pela terra, para que elles, juntamente com os que passam, sepultem os que tiverem ficado sobre a face da terra, para a purificarem: ao cabo de sete mezes farão esta busca.

15E os que passam pela terra passarão, e, vendo algum o osso de um homem, lhe levantará ao pé um signal, até que os enterradores o houverem enterrado no valle da multidão de Gog.

16E tambem o nome da cidade será Hamona: assim purificarão a terra.

17Tu, pois, ó filho do homem, assim diz o Senhor Jehovah, dize ás aves de toda a aza, e a todos os animaes do campo: Ajuntae-vos e vinde, congregae-vos de ao redor para o meu sacrificio, que eu sacrifiquei por vós, um sacrificio grande, nos montes de Israel, e comei carne e bebei sangue.

18Comereis a carne dos principes da terra; dos carneiros, dos cordeiros, e dos bodes, e dos bezerros, todos cevados de Basan.

19E comereis a gordura até vos fartardes, e bebereis o sangue até vos embebedardes, do meu sacrificio, que sacrifiquei por vós.

20E vos fartareis á minha mesa, de cavallos, e de carros, de valentes, e de todos os homens de guerra, diz o Senhor Jehovah.

21E eu porei a minha gloria entre as nações, e todas as nações verão o meu juizo, que eu tiver executado, e a minha mão, que sobre ellas tiver carregado.

22E saberão os da casa de Israel que eu sou o Senhor seu Deus, desde aquelle dia em diante.

23E as nações saberão que os da casa d'Israel, por causa da sua iniquidade, foram levados em captiveiro, porque se rebellaram contra mim, e eu escondi d'elles a minha face, e os entreguei nas mãos de seus adversarios, e todos cairam á espada.

24Conforme a sua immundicia e conforme as suas prevaricações usei com elles, e escondi d'elles a minha face.

25Portanto assim diz o Senhor Jehovah: Agora tornarei a trazer os captivos de Jacob, e me compadecerei de toda a casa d'Israel; zelarei pelo meu sancto nome;

26Quando houverem levado sobre si a sua vergonha, e toda a sua rebeldia, com que se rebellaram contra mim, habitando elles seguros na sua terra, sem haver quem os espantasse.

27Quando eu os tornar a trazer de entre os povos, e os houver ajuntado das terras de seus inimigos, e eu fôr sanctificado n'elles aos olhos de muitas nações,

28Então saberão que eu sou o Senhor seu Deus, vendo que eu os fiz levar em captiveiro entre as nações, e os tornei a ajuntar para a sua terra, e nenhum d'elles deixei lá mais

29Nem esconderei mais a minha face d'elles, quando eu houver derramado o meu espirito sobre a casa de Israel, diz o Senhor Jehovah.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

The prophecy about Gog continues: his forces will be defeated on the mountains of Israel, his weapons will serve as fuel for seven years, and it will take seven months to bury all the dead, purifying the land.

Explanation

The exaggerated scale of the defeat — seven years of burning weapons, seven months of burial — poetically conveys a victory so complete and definitive that it surpasses any ordinary historical battle, reinforcing the symbolic and eschatological nature of this prophecy. The instruction for birds and wild animals to feast on the bodies of the defeated (v.17-20), though shocking, was a traditional image of total military defeat in the ancient world. Importantly, the chapter closes by returning to the theme of spiritual restoration: God promises to no longer hide his face from Israel, pouring out his Spirit upon the people (v.29), linking this final victory to the hope of a restored and permanent relationship with God.

Fun facts

  • The mention of seven months needed just to bury the dead, with teams specifically assigned to the task (v.12-15), reflects real Old Testament concerns about ritual purity in relation to contact with corpses.
  • The feast of birds and animals upon the bodies of the defeated enemies (v.17-20) is an image taken up almost word for word in Revelation 19:17-18, showing the direct literary connection between the two prophetic books.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Ezequiel 39:1Repeats the oracle formula against Gog, picking up the speech from the previous chapter to spell out the battle’s outcome in more detail.
  2. Ezequiel 39:2Gog’s fall on the mountains of Israel resolves the conflict announced in the previous chapter — within the vision’s logic, the overwhelming attack ends in the invader’s total defeat, not his victory.
  3. Ezequiel 39:3God strikes the weapons, the bow and arrows, straight out of Gog’s hands — an image of complete disarmament before the final defeat.
  4. Ezequiel 39:4Gog and his whole army fall on the mountains of Israel, and their bodies become food for birds of prey and wild animals — the same image of dishonorable defeat already used against Egypt.
  5. Ezequiel 39:5Reinforces the same fate as the previous verse: falling in the open field, with no burial at all.
  6. Ezequiel 39:6The defeat reaches even the land of Magog itself and other peoples who felt safe far from the battlefield — no one is exempt from the consequence.
  7. Ezequiel 39:7Reinforces the theological purpose repeated throughout the book: protecting God’s name and making the nations recognize who He is.
  8. Ezequiel 39:8Confirms that the event will indeed happen, fulfilling exactly what had already been announced beforehand.
  9. Ezequiel 39:9Burning the enemy’s weapons as firewood for seven years, with no need to cut any more wood, is an image of lasting peace — the very tools of war become household fuel, the opposite of preparing for new conflicts.
  10. Ezequiel 39:10An almost ironic detail: the weapons abandoned by the invaders serve as firewood for seven whole years, there was so much left behind on the battlefield.
  11. Ezequiel 39:11Seven months just to bury the bodies and purify the land shows the text’s insistence on a complete, final resolution — nothing of the confrontation is left behind; everything is closed, and the land becomes clean again.
  12. Ezequiel 39:12The burial of Gog’s dead would take seven whole months, just to “cleanse the land” — the scale of the defeat demands an equally large cleanup effort.
  13. Ezequiel 39:13Even the common people would take part in the burial, and the day of victory would become a date remembered by everyone.
  14. Ezequiel 39:14Details the cleanup process: teams would comb the whole territory looking for scattered bones, to make sure nothing remained impure.
  15. Ezequiel 39:15Describes the practical method: whoever found a bone was to mark the spot until the buriers finished gathering everything.
  16. Ezequiel 39:16Even a city receives the name “Hamonah” (echoing the word “multitude”), preserving in memory the size of the army defeated there.
  17. Ezequiel 39:17A final image, harsh but symbolic: birds and animals are summoned to a banquet with the bodies of the defeated — an ancient way of describing a defeat so total that the dead do not even receive a normal burial.
  18. Ezequiel 39:18Details who would be “served” at this symbolic banquet: the very leaders and warriors of the invading coalition, ironically compared to sacrificial animals.
  19. Ezequiel 39:19Reinforces the abundance of this grotesque banquet, an inversion of the abundant peace that had been promised to the people of Israel in earlier chapters.
  20. Ezequiel 39:20Completes the list: even horses and war chariots are part of this “table,” underscoring that nothing of the invading army would survive.
  21. Ezequiel 39:21The declared purpose of the whole scene: to display God’s power before the nations through this judgment against Gog.
  22. Ezequiel 39:22Reinforces the recognition expected within Israel itself, which would see in this event confirmation that the Lord is their God.
  23. Ezequiel 39:23The text shifts tone and revisits the original reason for the exile: the people’s own rebellion is what led God, in His own words, to say, “hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies.”
  24. Ezequiel 39:24Repeats this idea, directly linking the past punishment to the people’s own conduct, not to any failure on God’s part to protect them.
  25. Ezequiel 39:25“I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel” closes this section with a promise of full restoration — after the book’s most dramatic threat, the conclusion is about reunion and renewal, not permanent destruction.
  26. Ezequiel 39:26Describes how the people, now living securely in their own land, would look back and recognize their own past shame and rebellion.
  27. Ezequiel 39:27Returns to the theme of gathering the scattered people, again linking their return to the idea that God’s honor would be restored before the nations.
  28. Ezequiel 39:28Conclusion of the promise: the people would recognize that the exile itself and the return were part of the same plan, with no one left behind this time.
  29. Ezequiel 39:29A final promise that bridges into the book’s next major section: God’s Spirit poured out on the people would be the sign that the relationship would never again be broken.

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