Ezekiel 39

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Ezekiel 39 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Ezekiel that prophesies the final defeat and destruction of Gog and his forces in a climactic end-times battle orchestrated by God.

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Label Occurrences
Ezekiel 39 canonical 2
Ezekiel 38 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chapter of the Book of Ezekiel
chapter of the Hebrew Bible
chapter of the Old Testament
attributedTo Ezekiel
surface form: prophet Ezekiel
bookOrder in the second half of the Book of Ezekiel
canonicalStatus canonical scripture in Judaism
canonical scripture in most Christian traditions
centralTheme defeat of Gog
divine judgment on hostile nations
restoration of Israel
vindication of God’s holiness
chapterNumber 39
containsProphecyAbout Gog of the land of Magog
surface form: Gog

Gog of the land of Magog
surface form: Magog
describesEvent end-times battle orchestrated by God
final defeat of Gog and his armies
eschatologicalRole prophecy of an end-times conflict
follows Ezekiel 39 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ezekiel 38
genre prophetic literature
hasLanguage Hebrew
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
includes burial of Gog’s hordes
description of Gog’s destruction
feast for birds and beasts on the fallen armies
oracle against Gog
promise of God’s Spirit poured out on Israel
promise of Israel’s restoration
influenced Christian eschatological interpretations of Gog and Magog
later Jewish eschatological interpretations
keyMotive so that the nations shall know that I am the LORD
so the house of Israel shall know that the LORD is their God
locationInBible Prophetic Books
surface form: Old Testament prophetic books
mentions Israel
beasts of the field
birds of prey
Israelites
surface form: house of Israel

Eretz HaKodesh
surface form: land of Israel

nations
valley of the travelers
partOf Book of Ezekiel
Bible
surface form: Christian Old Testament

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Neviim
precedes Ezekiel 40
relatedTo Gog and Magog traditions in apocalyptic literature
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
theologicalTheme God’s holiness
judgment and restoration
sovereignty of God over the nations

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Ezekiel 39 follows Ezekiel 39 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ezekiel 38
Tubal citedIn Ezekiel 39