EzekielStudy Guide

Chapter 39

Themes, discussion questions, Christ connections, and denomination lenses.

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Scripture

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1Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

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

3And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

4Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

5Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

6And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

7So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

8Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

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

10So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

11And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.

12And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

13Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.

14And 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.

15And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.

16And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

17And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; 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.

18Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

19And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

20Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.

21And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

22So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

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

24According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

25Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;

26After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.

27When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;

28Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.

29Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

Key VerseEzekiel 39:29

Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

Overview

God continues His prophecy against Gog, declaring total destruction of the invading armies on the mountains of Israel. The slaughter is so vast that it takes seven months to bury the dead and seven years to burn the weapons. God prepares a great sacrificial feast on the mountains where birds and beasts devour the fallen warriors. Through this climactic deliverance, God reveals His glory to the nations and restores Israel fully, pouring out His Spirit upon them.

Key Themes

1

The Total Destruction of God's Enemies

Five-sixths of Gog's army falls — the scale of destruction, requiring seven months for burial and seven years for weapon disposal, demonstrates the completeness of God's victory.

2

The Great Sacrificial Feast

God calls birds and beasts to eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of princes — a gruesome feast that reverses normal sacrifice, with warriors becoming the offering.

3

The Spirit Poured Out

The climax of Gog's defeat is not military triumph but spiritual renewal — God pours out His Spirit upon Israel, and they know Him fully from that day forward.

Study Questions

1.

What does the seven-month burial period (v. 12) communicate about the magnitude of God's victory?

2.

How does the sacrificial feast (vv. 17-20) reverse the normal pattern of sacrifice?

3.

Why does the defeat of Gog lead to the pouring out of the Spirit (v. 29)?

4.

How does this chapter's imagery connect to the marriage supper of the Lamb in Revelation 19?

5.

What does God's promise to never again hide His face from Israel (v. 29) mean for the future of God's people?

Connection to Christ

The great supper of God in Ezekiel 39 directly parallels the supper of the great God in Revelation 19:17-18, the final battle where Christ defeats all enemies. The outpouring of the Spirit fulfills Joel's prophecy and finds its inauguration at Pentecost through Christ's ascension.

Personal Reflection

Take time to journal or meditate on what God is teaching you through Ezekiel 39. How can these truths transform your thinking and actions today?

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