Ezekiel 39 Parallel Bible

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1	[The LORD said,] \|Son of man, prophesy against Gog. Tell it, 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: I am against you, Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.	“And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.	“Son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshek and Tubal.
2	I will turn you around and lead you. I will bring you from the far north and have you attack the mountains of Israel.	And I will turn you about and drive you forward, and bring you up from the uttermost parts of the north, and lead you against the mountains of Israel.	I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north and send you against the mountains of Israel.
3	Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand and make you drop the arrows in your right hand.	Then I will strike your bow from your left hand, and will make your arrows drop out of your right hand.	Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.
4	You will die on the mountains of Israel with your troops and the armies that are with you. I will let you become food for every bird of prey and for every wild animal.	You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your hordes and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.	On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild animals.
5	You will die in the open field because I said so, declares the Almighty LORD.	You shall fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.	You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.
6	I will send fire on Magog and on those who live safely on the coasts. Then they will know that I am the LORD.	I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they shall know that I am the LORD.	I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in safety in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.
7	I will make my holy name known among my people Israel, and I will never let them dishonor my holy name again. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.	“And my holy name I will make known in the midst of my people Israel, and I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. And the nations shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.	“’I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the LORD am the Holy One in Israel.
8	\| 'It's coming! It will happen! declares the Almighty LORD. This is the day I have spoken about.	Behold, it is coming and it will be brought about, declares the Lord GOD. That is the day of which I have spoken.	It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign LORD. This is the day I have spoken of.
9	Those living in the cities of Israel will go out. They will set fire to weapons and burn them. They will burn small and large shields, bows and arrows, and war clubs and spears. They will burn them for seven years.	“Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and make fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bow and arrows, clubs and spears; and they will make fires of them for seven years,	“’Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up—the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.
10	They will not need to get wood from the field or cut down trees in the woods. They will make fires with the weapons. They will loot those who looted them, and they will grab things back from those who grabbed their things, declares the Almighty LORD.	so that they will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for they will make their fires of the weapons. They will seize the spoil of those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.	They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign LORD.
11	\| 'When that day comes, I will give Gog a burial place in Israel. It will be in Travelers Valley, east of the Dead Sea. It will block those who travel [through the valley]. Gog and his whole army will be buried there. So it will be called the valley of Gog's troops.	“On that day I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the sea. It will block the travelers, for there Gog and all his multitude will be buried. It will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.	“’On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of those who travel east of the Sea. It will block the way of travelers, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon Gog.
12	The people of Israel will be burying them there for seven months to make the land clean.	For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.	“’For seven months the Israelites will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
13	All the common people will be burying them. The people of Israel will be honored on the day of my victory, declares the Almighty LORD.	All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day that I show my glory, declares the Lord GOD.	All the people of the land will bury them, and the day I display my glory will be a memorable day for them, declares the Sovereign LORD.
14	\| 'People will be chosen to go through the land and make it clean. With the help of others they will bury the dead soldiers that are still on the ground. At the end of seven months they will begin their search.	They will set apart men to travel through the land regularly and bury those travelers remaining on the face of the land, so as to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make their search.	People will be continually employed in cleansing the land. They will spread out across the land and, along with others, they will bury any bodies that are lying on the ground. “’After the seven months they will carry out a more detailed search.
15	Whenever they go through the land and see a human bone, they will set up a marker beside it until the grave diggers have buried that bone in the valley of Gog's troops.	And when these travel through the land and anyone sees a human bone, then he shall set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.	As they go through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will leave a marker beside it until the gravediggers bury it in the Valley of Hamon Gog,
16	(A city named Hamonah will also be there.) In this way they will cleanse the land.'	(Hamonah is also the name of the city.) Thus shall they cleanse the land.	near a town called Hamonah. And so they will cleanse the land.’
17	\|Son of man, this is what the Almighty LORD says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild animal, 'Assemble, and come together from all around for the sacrifice that I'm preparing for you. It will be a huge feast on the mountains of Israel. You can eat meat and drink blood there.	“As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: Speak to the birds of every sort and to all beasts of the field: ‘Assemble and come, gather from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you shall eat flesh and drink blood.	“Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Call out to every kind of bird and all the wild animals: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrifice I am preparing for you, the great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.
18	You can eat the meat of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth. All of them will be killed like rams, lambs, goats, bulls and all the best animals of Bashan.	You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth—of rams, of lambs, and of he-goats, of bulls, all of them fat beasts of Bashan.	You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bulls—all of them fattened animals from Bashan.
19	You can eat the best meat until you are full and drink blood until you are drunk at the sacrifice that I am preparing for you.	And you shall eat fat till you are filled, and drink blood till you are drunk, at the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you.	At the sacrifice I am preparing for you, you will eat fat till you are glutted and drink blood till you are drunk.
20	At my table you will be filled with horses and riders, warriors, and soldiers of every kind, declares the Almighty LORD.'	And you shall be filled at my table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all kinds of warriors,’ declares the Lord GOD.	At my table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, mighty men and soldiers of every kind,’ declares the Sovereign LORD.
21	\|I will show my greatness among the nations. All the nations will see how I will turn my power against them to punish them.	“And I will set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them.	“I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the punishment I inflict and the hand I lay on them.
22	From that day on, the people of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.	The house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God, from that day forward.	From that day forward the people of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
23	Then the nations will know that the people of Israel went into captivity because they did wrong and rebelled against me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies. They were killed in battle.	And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they dealt so treacherously with me that I hid my face from them and gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword.	And the nations will know that the people of Israel went into exile for their sin, because they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies, and they all fell by the sword.
24	I paid them back for their uncleanness and their sins, and I hid my face from them.	I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their transgressions, and hid my face from them.	I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their offenses, and I hid my face from them.
25	\|So this is what the Almighty LORD says: Now I will bring back Jacob's captives and have compassion for the whole nation of Israel. I will stand up for my holy name.	“Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for my holy name.	“Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob and will have compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name.
26	When they live safely in a land where no one will frighten them, they will forget their shame and all the unfaithful things they have done against me.	They shall forget their shame and all the treachery they have practiced against me, when they dwell securely in their land with none to make them afraid,	They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me when they lived in safety in their land with no one to make them afraid.
27	I will bring them back from the other nations and gather them from the countries of their enemies. Many nations will see that I am holy.	when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies’ lands, and through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations.	When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of many nations.
28	Then my people will know that I am the LORD their God. I sent them into captivity among the nations, and I brought them back again to their land. I left none of them behind.	Then they shall know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations anymore.	Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them to their own land, not leaving any behind.
29	I will no longer hide my face from them, because I will pour out my Spirit on the nation of Israel, declares the Almighty LORD.\|	And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”	I will no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit on the people of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
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