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Ezekiel 39:16 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 16. 16And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
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Quick Meaning
The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land” at Ezekiel 39:16 as part of “Seven Months of Burial Cleanse the Land.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 39:11–16
Read Ezekiel 39:16 with 39:11–16. By itself, “And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Gog receives a burial valley, the whole land participates for seven months, and designated searchers mark bones until burial cleanses the land.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within the same chapter, this unit advances from “Gog Falls and the Weapons Become Seven Years of Fuel” into “Seven Months of Burial Cleanse the Land.” Its non-interchangeable contribution is: Gog receives a burial valley, the whole land participates for seven months, and designated searchers mark bones until burial cleanses the land. This verse's placement is specific: The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land” at Ezekiel 39:16 as part of “Seven Months of Burial Cleanse the Land.”
What Remains True
No coalition, however terrifying, escapes moral limit; hope does not require manufacturing a contemporary enemy or knowing a timetable. In Ezekiel 39:16, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land” at Ezekiel 39:16 as part of “Seven Months of Burial Cleanse the Land.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Reject date-setting and conspiracy maps, refuse ethnic and religious demonization, compare major readings fairly, and work for civilian protection rather than holy-war excitement. This response follows Ezekiel 39:11–16's specific concern, “Seven Months of Burial Cleanse the Land.” This verse directs that response through its exact role: The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land” at Ezekiel 39:16 as part of “Seven Months of Burial Cleanse the Land.”
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Ezekiel 39:11–16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 39:11–16
Open the fixed Hebrew Ezekiel file ↗translation and translator notes
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Biblical Studies Press
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Exact location: Official NET Ezekiel PDF, exact translator, study, and textual notes attached to Ezekiel 39:11–16
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