Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’For seven months the Israelites will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. New Living Translation It will take seven months for the people of Israel to bury the bodies and cleanse the land. English Standard Version For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land. Berean Standard Bible For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. King James Bible And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. New King James Version For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land. New American Standard Bible For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. NASB 1995 “For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. NASB 1977 “For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. Legacy Standard Bible And for seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. Amplified Bible For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. Christian Standard Bible The house of Israel will spend seven months burying them in order to cleanse the land. Holman Christian Standard Bible The house of Israel will spend seven months burying them in order to cleanse the land. American Standard Version And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land. Contemporary English Version The Israelites will spend seven months burying dead bodies and cleaning up their land. English Revised Version And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. GOD'S WORD® Translation The people of Israel will be burying them there for seven months to make the land clean. Good News Translation It will take the Israelites seven months to bury all the corpses and make the land clean again. International Standard Version The house of Israel will be burying them for seven months in order to purify the land. Majority Standard Bible For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. NET Bible For seven months Israel will bury them, in order to cleanse the land. New Heart English Bible Seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land. Webster's Bible Translation And seven months shall the house of Israel be in burying them, that they may cleanse the land. World English Bible “‘“The house of Israel will be burying them for seven months, that they may cleanse the land. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the house of Israel has buried them—in order to cleanse the land—seven months. Young's Literal Translation And the house of Israel have buried them -- in order to cleanse the land -- seven months. Smith's Literal Translation And the house of Israel buried them to cleanse the land seven months. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the house of Israel shall bury them for seven months to cleanse the land. Catholic Public Domain Version And the house of Israel will bury them, so that they may cleanse the land, for seven months New American Bible For seven months the house of Israel shall bury them in order to cleanse the land. New Revised Standard Version Seven months the house of Israel shall spend burying them, in order to cleanse the land. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd for seven months the house of Israel shall be busy burying them; and then the land shall be cleansed. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And for seven months, they of the house of Israel shall bury them, and the land shall be cleansed OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the house of Israel shall bury them, that the land may be cleansed in the space of seven months. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Slaughter of Gog's Armies…11And on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog. 12For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. 13All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day I display My glory, declares the Lord GOD.… Cross References Revelation 19:17-18 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.” Jeremiah 25:33 Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground. Isaiah 66:24 “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.” Revelation 20:8-9 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore. / And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them. Isaiah 34:2-3 The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. / Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. Revelation 19:21 And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh. Jeremiah 7:33 The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away. Isaiah 14:19-20 But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot. / You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned. Revelation 14:20 And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia. Isaiah 13:12 I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir. Jeremiah 16:4 “They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.” Revelation 11:18 The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.” Isaiah 66:16 For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD. Jeremiah 8:2 They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground. Revelation 6:15-17 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. / And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. / For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?” Treasury of Scripture And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. cleanse Ezekiel 39:14,16 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search… Numbers 19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. Deuteronomy 21:23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. Jump to Previous Buried Burying Children Clean Cleanse Earth House Israel Months Order Putting SevenJump to Next Buried Burying Children Clean Cleanse Earth House Israel Months Order Putting SevenEzekiel 39 1. God's judgment upon Gog8. Israel's victory 11. Gog's burial in Hamon-gog 17. The feast of the fowls 21. Israel having been plagued for their sins 25. shall be gathered again with eternal favor For seven months The phrase "for seven months" indicates a significant period of time dedicated to a specific task. In the Hebrew context, the number seven often symbolizes completeness or perfection, as seen throughout the Bible. This suggests that the task of burying is thorough and divinely ordained, ensuring that the land is fully cleansed. The duration underscores the magnitude of the event and the commitment of the Israelites to follow God's commands meticulously. the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew For sevenשִׁבְעָ֖ה (šiḇ·‘āh) Number - masculine singular Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number months חֳדָשִֽׁים׃ (ḥo·ḏā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc will be burying them וּקְבָרוּם֙ (ū·qə·ḇā·rūm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural Strong's 6912: To inter in order לְמַ֖עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Conjunction Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent to cleanse טַהֵ֣ר (ṭa·hêr) Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 2891: To be clean or pure the land. הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Ezekiel 39:12 NIVEzekiel 39:12 NLT Ezekiel 39:12 ESV Ezekiel 39:12 NASB Ezekiel 39:12 KJV Ezekiel 39:12 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 39:12 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 39:12 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 39:12 French Bible Ezekiel 39:12 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 39:12 Seven months shall the house of Israel (Ezek. 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