Eze 39:2
39:2 And I will turn thee back, {a} and leave but the sixth part
     of thee, and will cause thee to come from the north parts,
     and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:

     (a) Or, destroy you with six plagues, as in
         @Eze 38:22.

Eze 39:4
39:4 Thou {b} shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and
     all thy troops, and the people that [are] with thee: I will
     give thee to the ravenous birds of every sort, and [to] the
     beasts of the field to be devoured.

     (b) Meaning that by the virtue of God's word the enemy will
         be destroyed wherever he assails his Church.

Eze 39:6
39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell
     securely in the {c} isles: and they shall know that I [am]
     the LORD.

     (c) That is, among all nations where the enemies of my
         people dwell, no matter how separate they seem.

Eze 39:8
39:8 Behold, {d} it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD;
     this [is] the day of which I have spoken.

     (d) That is, this plague is fully determined in my counsel
         and cannot be changed.

Eze 39:9
39:9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall {e} go
     forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the
     shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the
     javelins, and the spears, and they shall burn them with
     fire seven years:

     (e) After this destruction the Church will have great peace
         and tranquillity and burn all their weapons because they
         will no more fear the enemies. This chiefly refers to
         the accomplishment of Christ's kingdom when by their
         head Christ all enemies will be overcome.

Eze 39:11
39:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will give
      to Gog {f} a place there of graves in Israel, the valley
      of the travellers on the east of the sea: and it shall
      stop the {g} [noses] of the travellers: and there shall
      they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call
      [it] The valley of Hamongog.

      (f) Which declares that the enemies will have a horrible
          fall.
      (g) For the stink of the carcasses.

Eze 39:12
39:12 {h} And seven months shall the house of Israel be in
      burying them, that they may cleanse the land.

      (h) Meaning a long time.

Eze 39:14
39:14 And they shall set apart men for [the] continual task of
      passing through the {i} land to bury with the travellers
      those that remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse
      it: after the end of seven months shall they search.

      (i) Partly that the holy land should not be polluted and
          partly for the compassion that the children of God
          have even on their enemies.

Eze 39:17
39:17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak to
      every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field,
      Assemble yourselves, and come; {k} gather yourselves on
      every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you,
      [even] a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel,
      that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

      (k) By which he signifies the horrible destruction that
          would come on the enemies of his Church.

Eze 39:23
39:23 And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went
      into captivity for {l} their iniquity: because they
      trespassed against me, therefore I hid my face from them,
      and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so they all
      fell by the sword.

      (l) The heathen will know that they did not overcome my
          people by their strength, neither yet by the weakness
          of my arm, but that this was for my people's sins.



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