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title = "Ezekiel 39:1–16"
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date = "2023-06-27"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel39.1-16)
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To this point the prophecies against Gog have been general and corporate,
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referring to the judgements delivered to his armies. Now, they become specific
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and personal. The Lord addresses Gog by name and title<a id="note-1"
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href="#foot-1"><sup>1</sup></a>, speaking in the second person now instead of
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the third (i.e., speaking _to_ Gog instead of _about_ Gog). He will be lead out
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into the mountains of Israel, and there he will fall without his weapons in
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hand. He and his army will die in the open, and become food for the birds of
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the air and beasts of the field.
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Through this judgement, then Lord displays His holiness and defends His name.
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This event will be known across the world when it happens. So great will Gog's
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army be that it will take seven years to burn their weapons and shields for
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fuel. The army that came to plunder Israel is instead the one plundered. After
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they have been defeated, it will take seven months to bury them all. Though
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there are dedicated workers going through the land to find all of the slain,
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they will still be finding human bones. But eventually the land will be
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cleansed of the corruption caused by death.
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* * *
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No one can stand against Your might and Your wrath.
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* * *
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<a id="foot1" href="#note-1">[1]</a>: Some people take the Hebrew word used in
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"chief prince", _ro'sh_, to mean Rosh, a variant on the root name in Russia.
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This is then used to connect these prophecies with the modern-day Russia.
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However, the name for Russia or its people wouldn't be known to the Levant
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region for at least a thousand years after Ezekiel's day. Furthermore, it is
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very rare for the Lord to name names in prophecies of the future. Contrast
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Isaiah 44:28 with Daniel 7–12. Cyrus was told about his appearance in prophecy,
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but Alexander the Great and Antiochus IV were not (I presume).
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