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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 39:11 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 39:11 |
Strong Concordance |
And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], that I will give [05414] unto Gog [01463] a place [04725] there of graves [06913] in Israel [03478], the valley [01516] of the passengers [05674] on the east [06926] of the sea [03220]: and it shall stop [02629] the noses of the passengers [05674]: and there shall they bury [06912] Gog [01463] and all his multitude [01995]: and they shall call [07121] it The valley [01516] of Hamongog [01996]. |
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King James |
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
place . . . of graves--Gog found only a grave where he had expected the spoils of conquest.
valley--So vast were to be the masses that nothing but a deep valley would suffice for their corpses.
the passengers on the east of the sea--those travelling on the high road, east of the Dead Sea, from Syria to Petra and Egypt. The publicity of the road would cause many to observe God's judgments, as the stench (as English Version translates) or the multitude of graves (as HENDERSON translates, "it shall stop the passengers") would arrest the attention of passers-by. Their grave would be close to that of their ancient prototypes, Sodom and Gomorrah in the Dead Sea, both alike being signal instances of God's judgments. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The prophet pictures to himself some imaginary valley (compare Zac 14:5) at the "east of the sea," the Dead Sea, a place frightful in its physical character, and admonitory of past judgments. He calls it "the valley of the passengers" (or, passers-by), because they who there lie buried were but as a passing cloud. In Eze 39:11-15 there is a play upon words - there were "passengers" to be buried, "passengers" to walk over their graves, "passengers" to bury them; (or, a play upon the treble meaning of passing in (invading), passing by, and passing through.)
Stop the noses - The word thus rendered occurs only once more in Scripture Deu 25:4 where it is rendered muzzle. See Isa 34:3.
Hamon-gog - See the margin, compare Eze 39:16. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Gog
(See Scofield) - (Eze 38:2). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Gog - And to many of those with him; but many were given to the birds and beasts to be devoured. Graves - Gog came to take possession; and so he shall, but not as he purposed and hoped. He shall possess his house of darkness in that land which he invaded. The valley of the passengers - So called from the frequent travels of passengers through it from Egypt and Arabia Felix, into the more northern parts, and from these again into Egypt and Arabia. The sea - The Dead Sea. Hamon Gog - That is, the multitude of Gog. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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 Gen 37:17, Gen 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 himself, for he was not in this battle; but his generals, captains, and soldiers, by whom he was represented. As to Hamon-gog, we know no valley of this name but here. But we may understand the words thus: the place where this great slaughter was, and where the multitudes of the slain were buried, might be better called Hamon-gog, the valley of the multitude of God, than the valley of passengers; for so great was the carnage there, that the way of the passengers shall be stopped by it. See the text. |
16 And also the name [08034] of the city [05892] shall be Hamonah [01997]. Thus shall they cleanse [02891] the land [0776].
3 Their slain [02491] also shall be cast out [07993], and their stink [0889] shall come up [05927] out of their carcases [06297], and the mountains [02022] shall be melted [04549] with their blood [01818].
4 Thou shalt not muzzle [02629] the ox [07794] when he treadeth out [01778] the corn.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], that I will give [05414] unto Gog [01463] a place [04725] there of graves [06913] in Israel [03478], the valley [01516] of the passengers [05674] on the east [06926] of the sea [03220]: and it shall stop [02629] the noses of the passengers [05674]: and there shall they bury [06912] Gog [01463] and all his multitude [01995]: and they shall call [07121] it The valley [01516] of Hamongog [01996].
12 And seven [07651] months [02320] shall the house [01004] of Israel [03478] be burying [06912] of them, that they may cleanse [02891] the land [0776].
13 Yea, all the people [05971] of the land [0776] shall bury [06912] them; and it shall be to them a renown [08034] the day [03117] that I shall be glorified [03513], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
14 And they shall sever out [0914] men [0582] of continual employment [08548], passing through [05674] the land [0776] to bury [06912] with the passengers [05674] those that remain [03498] upon the face [06440] of the earth [0776], to cleanse [02891] it: after the end [07097] of seven [07651] months [02320] shall they search [02713].
15 And the passengers [05674] that pass through [05674] the land [0776], when any seeth [07200] a man's [0120] bone [06106], then shall he set up [01129] a sign [06725] by [0681] it, till the buriers [06912] have buried [06912] it in the valley [01516] of Hamongog [01996].
5 And ye shall flee [05127] to the valley [01516] of the mountains [02022]; for the valley [01516] of the mountains [02022] shall reach [05060] unto Azal [0682]: yea, ye shall flee [05127], like as ye fled [05127] from before [06440] the earthquake [07494] in the days [03117] of Uzziah [05818] king [04428] of Judah [03063]: and the LORD [03068] my God [0430] shall come [0935], and all the saints [06918] with thee.
2 Son [01121] of man [0120], set [07760] thy face [06440] against Gog [01463], the land [0776] of Magog [04031], the chief [07218] prince [05387] of Meshech [04902] and Tubal [08422], and prophesy [05012] against him,
25 And they sat down [03427] to eat [0398] bread [03899]: and they lifted up [05375] their eyes [05869] and looked [07200], and, behold, a company [0736] of Ishmeelites [03459] came [0935] from Gilead [01568] with their camels [01581] bearing [05375] spicery [05219] and balm [06875] and myrrh [03910], going [01980] to carry it down [03381] to Egypt [04714].
17 And the man [0376] said [0559], They are departed [05265] hence [02088]; for I heard [08085] them say [0559], Let us go [03212] to Dothan [01886]. And Joseph [03130] went [03212] after [0310] his brethren [0251], and found [04672] them in Dothan [01886].