Ezekiel 39:14 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
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 Hamon-gog.
16And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Numbers 19:11
Both passages discuss the need for purification after death.
Isaiah 26:21
Isaiah speaks of the Lord punishing the inhabitants of the earth, similar to the cleansing in Ezekiel.
Ezekiel 36:25
This verse also emphasizes the theme of cleansing and restoration.
Source: Ezekiel 39:14