Ezekiel 39:16 Meaning
And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
Context Explained
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.
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.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Ezekiel 39:15
This verse reinforces the process of burial and the signs to mark bones.
Matthew 5:14
Jesus speaks of being a light to the world, contrasting with the focus on death here.
Proverbs 14:32
Proverbs discusses the fate of the wicked, linking to the burial of Gog.
Source: Ezekiel 39:16