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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 39:14

And they shall set apart men for [the] continual task of passing through the (i) land to bury with the travellers those that remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.

(i) Partly that the holy land should not be polluted and partly for the compassion that the children of God have even on their enemies.

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See also Ezekiel 39:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    When the remains that are visible shall all have been buried, men shall be appointed whose continual task it shall be to go through the land to search for any bones that may have been overlooked. When...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MEN OF CONTINUAL EMPLOYMENT. — The word for “continual” is the same as that translated _always_ in Ezekiel 38:8, where see Note. It implies that this occupation is to be one of long continuance, and t...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אַנְשֵׁ֨י תָמִ֤יד יַבְדִּ֨ילוּ֙ עֹבְרִ֣ים בָּ †...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    JEHOVAH'S FINAL VICTORY Ezekiel 38:1; Ezekiel 39:1 THESE Chapter s give the impression of having been intended to stand at the close of the book of Ezekiel. Their present position is best explained o...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And they shall sever out men of continual employment, delegating them for just this task, PASSING THROUGH THE LAND TO BURY WITH THE PASSENGERS THOSE THAT REMAIN UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, some of the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE DESTRUCTION OF GOG AND HIS HOSTS...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MEN OF CONTINUAL: _ Heb._ men of continuance...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEY, the rulers in Israel, SHALL SEVER OUT, choose out men who shall make it their work. PASSING THROUGH; to go up and down over the whole land, for many of Gog's wounded, flying soldiers died in thi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 39:14 apart H914 (H8686) men H582 employed H8548 party H5674 (H8802) through H5674 (H8802) land...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “And seven months will the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land. Yes, all the people of the land will bury them. And it will bring honour on them (be to them a renown) in th...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CLEARING UP OPERATION AND THE CLEANSING OF THE LAND (EZEKIEL 39:9). Concentration on the detail here can obscure the significance of the whole. The main points being brought out are the massivenes...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezekiel 39:1. _Behold, I am against thee, oh Gog._ This second apostrophe to Gog denotes the superintending providence of God over the enemies of his church, and the certainty of their final overthrow...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE DESTRUCTION OF GOG AND HIS VAST ARMIES. (Chap. 39) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 39:2. “I WILL LEAVE BUT THE SIXTH PART OF THEE”—I will six thee; _i.e.,_ afflict thee with six plagues—pestilence, blo...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION Of the two main divisions of this chapter, the first (Ezekiel 39:1) depicts the greatness of the overthrow of Gog; the second (Ezekiel 39:21) records the impression made by it upon Both Is...

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    CHAPTER S 38, 39. THE ASSAULT OF GOG, AND HIS DESTRUCTION. THE last portion of the prophecy, which began at Ezekiel 37, stretches through these two next Chapter s, which properly form but one piece....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the [Rosh prince or the Russian] prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn thee...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 39:12; Numbers 19:11...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    They — The rulers of Israel. Sever — Chuse out men who shall make it their work. Passing — To go up and down over the whole land; for many of Gog's wounded, flying soldiers, died in thickets, and corn...

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