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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 39:11

The valley of the passengers on the east of the sea - That is, of Gennesareth, according to the Targum. The valley near this lake or sea is called the Valley of the Passengers, because it was a great road by which the merchants and traders from Syria and other eastern countries went into Egypt; see Genesis 37:17 , Genesis 37:25 . See Calmet here. There shall they bury Gog and all his multitude - Some read, "There shall they bury Gog, that is, all his multitude." Not Gog, or Antiochus... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 39:12

And seven months - It shall require a long time to bury the dead. This is another figurative expression; which, however, may admit of a good deal of literal meaning. Many of the Syrian soldiers had secreted themselves in different places during the pursuit after the battle, where they died of their wounds, of hunger, and of fatigue; so that they were not all found and buried till seven months after the defeat of the Syrian army. This slow process of burying is distinctly related in the three... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:1-20

In the first main division Ezekiel repeats the substance of what has already been advanced concerning the defeat of Gog (verses 1-8), after which he strives to represent its completeness (verses 9-20), by setting forth read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:1-21

The terrible doom of rebels. We may regard it as certain that this prophecy has in view the final conflict between good and evil in this world. Already , in the preceding prophecies, Ezekiel has been portraying the prosperous times of Messiah ' s reign; and now he has a vision of an age still more remote, when shall come the final clash of arms between God and a rebel world. We may take it that Satan, or Apollyon, will be the real leader in this final onset. All the forces of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:1-29

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:9-10

set forth as the first proof of the greatness of Gog's overthrow the immense booty in the shape of weapons of war which should be obtained by the inhabitants of the cities of Israel. So huge should be the quantity of weapons left behind by the slain, that the Israelites should burn them with fire seven years . This burning of the weapons has been explained by Havernick, on the ground that weapons of war, as incompatible with Messianic times, should be no more required (cf. Isaiah 2:4 ); by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:10

The spoiler spoiled. There is something very picturesque and impressive in this prediction. The foes of Israel, under the leadership of Gog, are represented as defeated, scattered, and slain. Their bodies are strewn over the soil which they came in their haughty self-confidence to conquer and to possess. The dwellers in the cities of Israel are depicted as going out upon the plains to gather the weapons of war—the shields, the bows, and the spears—which lie upon the ground where the mighty... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:11

Gog, who should invade Israel in the hope of acquiring the entire mastery of her land, would obtain at Jehovah's hands only a place there of graves , i.e. either, as Hitzig, Ewald, Keil, and Smend suggest, a place where a grave might be possible—a place large enough to receive his slaughtered carcasses; or as Havernick proposes, "an altogether special grave as no other in Israel;" or as Schroder interprets, "a place where there is a grave for him and nothing else." Concerning both the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:11-16

Contain a second proof of the completeness of Gog's destruction, viz. the length of time occupied in burying the slain and cleansing the land. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:12-13

The time that should be occupied in Gog's funeral should be seven months—so great should be the number of the dead—the sacred number seven recalling the seven years consumed in the burning of the weapons ( Ezekiel 39:9 ), and reminding one of the "seven times heated" furnace into which the Hebrew children were cast, and of the "seven times" of Nebuchadnezzar's humiliation ( Daniel 3:19 ; Daniel 4:23 ). The parties who should conduct his obsequies should be the house of Israel , even ... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 39:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 39:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:1-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:11-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 39:12-13

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