Ezekiel 39
39“Son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord: I am your enemy, O Gog, ruler of the nations of Meshech and Tubal.H1121H120H5012H1463H559H559H136H3069H1463H7218H5387H4902H84222I will turn you around and drive you toward the mountains of Israel, bringing you from the distant north.H7725H8338H5927H6828H3411H935H2022H34783I will knock the bow from your left hand and the arrows from your right hand, and I will leave you helpless.H5221H7198H8040H3027H2671H5307H3225H30274You and your army and your allies will all die on the mountains. I will feed you to the vultures and wild animals.H5307H2022H3478H102H5971H5414H5861H6833H3671H2416H7704H4025You will fall in the open fields, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign Lord.H5307H6440H7704H1696H5002H136H30696And I will rain down fire on Magog and on all your allies who live safely on the coasts. Then they will know that I am the Lord.H7971H784H4031H3427H983H339H3045H30687“In this way, I will make known my holy name among my people of Israel. I will not let anyone bring shame on it. And the nations, too, will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.H6944H8034H3045H8432H5971H3478H2490H6944H8034H1471H3045H3068H6918H34788That day of judgment will come, says the Sovereign Lord. Everything will happen just as I have declared it.H935H1961H5002H136H3069H3117H16969“Then the people in the towns of Israel will go out and pick up your small and large shields, bows and arrows, javelins and spears, and they will use them for fuel. There will be enough to last them seven years!H3427H5892H3478H3318H1197H784H5400H5402H4043H6793H7198H2671H3027H4731H7420H1197H784H7651H814110They won’t need to cut wood from the fields or forests, for these weapons will give them all the fuel they need. They will plunder those who planned to plunder them, and they will rob those who planned to rob them, says the Sovereign Lord.H5375H6086H7704H2404H3293H1197H5402H784H7997H7997H962H962H5002H136H306911“And I will make a vast graveyard for Gog and his hordes in the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Dead Sea. It will block the way of those who travel there, and they will change the name of the place to the Valley of Gog’s Hordes.H3117H5414H1463H4725H6913H3478H1516H5674H6926H3220H2629H5674H6912H1463H1995H7121H1516H199612It will take seven months for the people of Israel to bury the bodies and cleanse the land.H7651H2320H1004H3478H6912H2891H77613Everyone in Israel will help, for it will be a glorious victory for Israel when I demonstrate my glory on that day, says the Sovereign Lord.H5971H776H6912H8034H3117H3513H5002H136H306914“After seven months, teams of men will be appointed to search the land for skeletons to bury, so the land will be made clean again.H914H582H8548H5674H776H6912H5674H3498H6440H776H2891H7097H7651H2320H271315Whenever bones are found, a marker will be set up so the burial crews will take them to be buried in the Valley of Gog’s Hordes.H5674H5674H776H7200H120H6106H1129H6725H681H6912H6912H1516H199616(There will be a town there named Hamonah, which means ‘horde.’) And so the land will finally be cleansed.H8034H5892H1997H2891H77617“And now, son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Call all the birds and wild animals. Say to them: Gather together for my great sacrificial feast. Come from far and near to the mountains of Israel, and there eat flesh and drink blood!H1121H120H559H136H3069H559H3671H6833H2416H7704H6908H935H622H5439H2077H2076H1419H2077H2022H3478H398H1320H8354H181818Eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of princes as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all fattened animals from Bashan!H398H1320H1368H8354H1818H5387H776H352H3733H6260H6499H4806H131619Gorge yourselves with flesh until you are glutted; drink blood until you are drunk. This is the sacrificial feast I have prepared for you.H398H2459H7654H8354H1818H7943H2077H207620Feast at my banquet table—feast on horses and charioteers, on mighty men and all kinds of valiant warriors, says the Sovereign Lord.H7646H7979H5483H7393H1368H376H4421H5002H136H306921“In this way, I will demonstrate my glory to the nations. Everyone will see the punishment I have inflicted on them and the power of my fist when I strike.H5414H3519H1471H1471H7200H4941H6213H3027H776022And from that time on the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God.H1004H3478H3045H3068H430H3117H197323The nations will then know why Israel was sent away to exile—it was punishment for sin, for they were unfaithful to their God. Therefore, I turned away from them and let their enemies destroy them.H1471H3045H1004H3478H1540H5771H4603H5641H6440H5414H3027H6862H5307H271924I turned my face away and punished them because of their defilement and their sins.H2932H6588H6213H5641H644025“So now, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will end the captivity of my people; I will have mercy on all Israel, for I jealously guard my holy reputation!H559H136H3069H7725H7622H7622H3290H7355H1004H3478H7065H6944H803426They will accept responsibility for their past shame and unfaithfulness after they come home to live in peace in their own land, with no one to bother them.H5375H3639H4604H4603H3427H983H127H272927When I bring them home from the lands of their enemies, I will display my holiness among them for all the nations to see.H7725H5971H6908H341H776H6942H5869H7227H147128Then my people will know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them away to exile and brought them home again. I will leave none of my people behind.H3045H3068H430H1540H1471H3664H127H349829And I will never again turn my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon the people of Israel. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”H5641H6440H8210H7307H1004H3478H5002H136H3069
Ezekiel 40
40On April 28, during the twenty-fifth year of our captivity—fourteen years after the fall of Jerusalem—the Lord took hold of me.H2568H6242H8141H1546H7218H8141H6218H2320H702H6240H8141H310H5892H5221H6106H3117H3027H3068H9352In a vision from God he took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. From there I could see toward the south what appeared to be a city.H4759H430H935H776H3478H5117H3966H1364H2022H4011H5892H50453As he brought me nearer, I saw a man whose face shone like bronze standing beside a gateway entrance. He was holding in his hand a linen measuring cord and a measuring rod.H935H376H4758H4758H5178H6616H6593H3027H4060H7070H5975H81794He said to me, “Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen.”H376H1696H1121H120H7200H5869H8085H241H7760H3820H7200H4616H7200H935H5046H7200H1004H34785I could see a wall completely surrounding the Temple area. The man took a measuring rod that was 10 1/2 feet long and measured the wall, and the wall was 10 1/2 feet thick and 10 1/2 feet high.H2346H2351H1004H5439H376H3027H4060H7070H8337H520H520H2948H4058H7341H1146H259H7070H6967H259H70706Then he went over to the eastern gateway. He climbed the steps and measured the threshold of the gateway; it was 10 1/2 feet front to back.H935H8179H6440H1870H6921H5927H4609H4058H5592H8179H259H7070H7341H259H5592H259H7070H73417There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 10 1/2 feet square, with a distance between them of 8 3/4 feet along the passage wall. The gateway’s inner threshold, which led to the entry room at the inner end of the gateway passage, was 10 1/2 feet front to back.H8372H259H7070H753H259H7070H7341H8372H2568H520H5592H8179H681H197H8179H1004H259H70708He also measured the entry room of the gateway.H4058H197H8179H1004H259H70709It was 14 feet across, with supporting columns 3 1/2 feet thick. This entry room was at the inner end of the gateway structure, facing toward the Temple.H4058H197H8179H8083H520H352H8147H520H197H8179H100410There were three guard alcoves on each side of the gateway passage. Each had the same measurements, and the dividing walls separating them were also identical.H8372H8179H1870H6921H7969H6311H7969H6311H7969H259H4060H352H259H406011The man measured the gateway entrance, which was 17 1/2 feet wide at the opening and 22 3/4 feet wide in the gateway passage.H4058H7341H6607H8179H6235H520H753H8179H7969H6240H52012In front of each of the guard alcoves was a 21-inch curb. The alcoves themselves were 10 1/2 feet on each side.H1366H6440H8372H259H520H1366H520H8372H8337H520H8337H52013Then he measured the entire width of the gateway, measuring the distance between the back walls of facing guard alcoves; this distance was 43 3/4 feet.H4058H8179H1406H8372H1406H7341H2568H6242H520H6607H660714He measured the dividing walls all along the inside of the gateway up to the entry room of the gateway; this distance was 105 feet.H6213H352H8346H520H352H2691H5439H817915The full length of the gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet from one end to the other.H6440H8179H2978H6440H197H6442H8179H2572H52016There were recessed windows that narrowed inward through the walls of the guard alcoves and their dividing walls. There were also windows in the entry room. The surfaces of the dividing walls were decorated with carved palm trees.H331H2474H8372H352H6441H8179H5439H361H2474H5439H6441H352H856117Then the man brought me through the gateway into the outer courtyard of the Temple. A stone pavement ran along the walls of the courtyard, and thirty rooms were built against the walls, opening onto the pavement.H935H2435H2691H3957H7531H6213H2691H5439H7970H3957H753118This pavement flanked the gates and extended out from the walls into the courtyard the same distance as the gateway entrance. This was the lower pavement.H7531H3802H8179H5980H753H8179H8481H753119Then the man measured across the Temple’s outer courtyard between the outer and inner gateways; the distance was 175 feet.H4058H7341H6440H8481H8179H6440H6442H2691H2351H3967H520H6921H682820The man measured the gateway on the north just like the one on the east.H8179H2435H2691H6440H1870H6828H4058H753H734121Here, too, there were three guard alcoves on each side, with dividing walls and an entry room. All the measurements matched those of the east gateway. The gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves.H8372H7969H7969H352H361H4060H7223H8179H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H52022The windows, the entry room, and the palm tree decorations were identical to those in the east gateway. There were seven steps leading up to the gateway entrance, and the entry room was at the inner end of the gateway passage.H2474H361H8561H4060H8179H6440H1870H6921H5927H7651H4609H361H644023Here on the north side, just as on the east, there was another gateway leading to the Temple’s inner courtyard directly opposite this outer gateway. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet.H8179H6442H2691H8179H6828H6921H4058H8179H8179H3967H52024Then the man took me around to the south gateway and measured its various parts, and they were exactly the same as in the others.H3212H1870H1864H8179H1870H1864H4058H352H361H406025It had windows along the walls as the others did, and there was an entry room where the gateway passage opened into the outer courtyard. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves.H2474H361H5439H2474H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H52026This gateway also had a stairway of seven steps leading up to it, and an entry room at the inner end, and palm tree decorations along the dividing walls.H7651H4609H5930H361H6440H8561H259H259H35227And here again, directly opposite the outer gateway, was another gateway that led into the inner courtyard. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet.H8179H6442H2691H1870H1864H4058H8179H8179H1870H1864H3967H52028Then the man took me to the south gateway leading into the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.H935H6442H2691H1864H8179H4058H1864H8179H406029Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those in the others. It also had windows along its walls and in the entry room. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.H8372H352H361H4060H2474H361H5439H2572H520H753H2568H6242H520H734130(The entry rooms of the gateways leading into the inner courtyard were 14 feet across and 43 3/4 feet wide.)H361H5439H2568H6242H520H753H2568H520H734131The entry room to the south gateway faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.H361H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H460932Then he took me to the east gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.H935H6442H2691H1870H6921H4058H8179H406033Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those of the others, and there were windows along the walls and in the entry room. The gateway passage measured 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.H8372H352H361H4060H2474H361H5439H2572H520H753H2568H6242H520H734134Its entry room faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.H361H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H460935Then he took me around to the north gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.H935H6828H8179H4058H406036The guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room of this gateway had the same measurements as in the others and the same window arrangements. The gateway passage measured 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.H8372H352H361H2474H5439H753H2572H520H7341H2568H6242H52037Its entry room faced into the outer courtyard, and it had palm tree decorations on the columns. There were eight steps leading to its entrance.H352H2435H2691H8561H352H4608H8083H460938A door led from the entry room of one of the inner gateways into a side room, where the meat for sacrifices was washed.H3957H6607H352H8179H1740H593039On each side of this entry room were two tables, where the sacrificial animals were slaughtered for the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings.H197H8179H8147H7979H7979H7819H5930H2403H81740Outside the entry room, on each side of the stairs going up to the north entrance, were two more tables.H3802H2351H5927H6607H6828H8179H8147H7979H312H3802H197H8179H8147H797941So there were eight tables in all—four inside and four outside—where the sacrifices were cut up and prepared.H702H7979H702H7979H3802H8179H8083H7979H781942There were also four tables of finished stone for preparation of the burnt offerings, each 31 1/2 inches square and 21 inches high. On these tables were placed the butchering knives and other implements for slaughtering the sacrificial animals.H702H7979H1496H68H5930H520H2677H753H520H2677H7341H259H520H1363H3240H3627H7819H5930H207743There were hooks, each 3 inches long, fastened to the foyer walls. The sacrificial meat was laid on the tables.H1004H8240H259H2948H3559H5439H7979H1320H713344Inside the inner courtyard were two rooms, one beside the north gateway, facing south, and the other beside the south gateway, facing north.H2351H6442H8179H3957H7891H6442H2691H3802H6828H8179H6440H1870H1864H259H3802H6921H8179H6440H1870H682845And the man said to me, “The room beside the north inner gate is for the priests who supervise the Temple maintenance.H1696H2090H3957H6440H1870H1864H3548H8104H4931H100446The room beside the south inner gate is for the priests in charge of the altar—the descendants of Zadok—for they alone of all the Levites may approach the Lord to minister to him.”H3957H6440H1870H6828H3548H8104H4931H4196H1121H6659H1121H3878H7131H3068H833447Then the man measured the inner courtyard, and it was a square, 175 feet wide and 175 feet across. The altar stood in the courtyard in front of the Temple.H4058H2691H3967H520H753H3967H520H7341H7251H4196H6440H100448Then he brought me to the entry room of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of the opening to the entry room, and they were 8 3/4 feet thick. The entrance itself was 24 1/2 feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were an additional 5 1/4 feet long.H935H197H1004H4058H352H197H2568H520H2568H520H7341H8179H7969H520H7969H52049The entry room was 35 feet wide and 21 feet deep. There were ten steps leading up to it, with a column on each side.H753H197H6242H520H7341H6249H6240H520H4609H5927H5982H352H259H259
Dublin, OH
. It will block the way of those who travel there, and they will change the name of the place to the Valley of Gog’s Hordes.H3117
