The Jerusalem Bridge

Ezekiel 39

יְחֶזְקֵאל 39

29 verses · Hebrew with nikud, English alongside · tap 🔊 to hear a verse

1

וְאַתָּ֤ה בֶן־אָדָם֙ הִנָּבֵ֣א עַל־גּ֔וֹג וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֑ה הִנְנִ֤י אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ גּ֔וֹג נְשִׂ֕יא רֹ֖אשׁ מֶ֥שֶׁךְ וְתֻבָֽל׃

ve'attah ven-adam hinnave al-gog ve'amarta koh amar adonay Elohim hinni elekha gog nesi rosh meshekh vetuval

And you, O mortal, prophesy against Gog and say: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: I am going to deal with you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal!

2

וְשֹׁבַבְתִּ֙יךָ֙ וְשִׁשֵּׁאתִ֔יךָ וְהַעֲלִיתִ֖יךָ מִיַּרְכְּתֵ֣י צָפ֑וֹן וַהֲבִאוֹתִ֖ךָ עַל־הָרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

veshovavtikha veshishetikha veha'alitikha miyyarkete tsafon vahavi'otikha al-hare yisra'el

I will turn you around and drive you on, and I will take you from the far north and lead you toward the mountains of Israel.

3

וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י קַשְׁתְּךָ֖ מִיַּ֣ד שְׂמֹאולֶ֑ךָ וְחִצֶּ֕יךָ מִיַּ֥ד יְמִינְךָ֖ אַפִּֽיל׃

vehikketi qashtekha miyyad semovlekha vekhitsekha miyyad yeminekha appil

I will strike your bow from your left hand and I will loosen the arrows from your right hand.

4

עַל־הָרֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל תִּפּ֗וֹל אַתָּה֙ וְכׇל־אֲגַפֶּ֔יךָ וְעַמִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֑ךְ לְעֵ֨יט צִפּ֧וֹר כׇּל־כָּנָ֛ף וְחַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה נְתַתִּ֥יךָ לְאׇכְלָֽה׃

al-hare yisra'el tippol attah vekhol-agappekha ve'ammim asher ittakh le'et tsippor kol-kanaf vekhayyat hassadeh netattikha le'okhlah

You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your battalions and the peoples who are with you; and I will give you as food to carrion birds of every sort and to the beasts of the field,

5

עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה תִּפּ֑וֹל כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י דִבַּ֔רְתִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃

al-pene hassadeh tippol ki ani dibbarti ne'um adonay Elohim

as you lie in the open field. For I have spoken—declares the Sovereign GOD.

6

וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־אֵ֣שׁ בְּמָג֔וֹג וּבְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָאִיִּ֖ים לָבֶ֑טַח וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּי־אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

veshillakhti-esh bemagog uveyosheve ha'iyyim lavetakh veyade'u ki-ani Adonai

And I will send a fire against Magog and against those who dwell secure in the coastlands. And they shall know that I am GOD.

7

וְאֶת־שֵׁ֨ם קׇדְשִׁ֜י אוֹדִ֗יעַ בְּתוֹךְ֙ עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְלֹא־אַחֵ֥ל אֶת־שֵׁם־קׇדְשִׁ֖י ע֑וֹד וְיָדְע֤וּ הַגּוֹיִם֙ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה קָד֖וֹשׁ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

ve'et-shem qodshi odia betokh ammi yisra'el velo-akhel et-shem-qodshi od veyade'u haggoyim ki-ani Adonai qadosh beyisra'el

I will make My holy name known among My people Israel, and never again will I let My holy name be profaned. And the nations shall know that I, GOD, am holy in Israel.

8

הִנֵּ֤ה בָאָה֙ וְנִֽהְיָ֔תָה נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֑ה ה֥וּא הַיּ֖וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃

hinneh va'ah venihyatah ne'um adonay Elohim hu hayyom asher dibbarti

Ah! it has come, it has happened—declares the Sovereign GOD: this is that day that I decreed.

9

וְֽיָצְא֞וּ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י ׀ עָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וּבִעֲר֡וּ וְ֠הִשִּׂ֠יקוּ בְּנֶ֨שֶׁק וּמָגֵ֤ן וְצִנָּה֙ בְּקֶ֣שֶׁת וּבְחִצִּ֔ים וּבְמַקֵּ֥ל יָ֖ד וּבְרֹ֑מַח וּבִעֲר֥וּ בָהֶ֛ם אֵ֖שׁ שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִֽים׃

veyatse'u yosheve are yisra'el uvi'aru vehissiqu benesheq umagen vetsinnah beqeshet uvekhitsim uvemaqqel yad uveromakh uvi'aru vahem esh sheva shanim

Then the inhabitants of the cities of Israel will go out and make fires and feed them with the weapons—shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, clubs and spears; they shall use them as fuel for seven years.

10

וְלֹא־יִשְׂא֨וּ עֵצִ֜ים מִן־הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה וְלֹ֤א יַחְטְבוּ֙ מִן־הַיְּעָרִ֔ים כִּ֥י בַנֶּ֖שֶׁק יְבַעֲרוּ־אֵ֑שׁ וְשָׁלְל֣וּ אֶת־שֹׁלְלֵיהֶ֗ם וּבָֽזְזוּ֙ אֶת־בֹּ֣זְזֵיהֶ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃ {ס}

velo-yisu etsim min-hassadeh velo yakhtevu min-hayye'arim ki vannesheq yeva'aru-esh veshalelu et-sholelehem uvazezu et-bozezehem ne'um adonay Elohim

They will not gather firewood in the fields or cut any in the forests, but will use the weapons as fuel for their fires. They will despoil those who despoiled them and plunder those who plundered them—declares the Sovereign GOD.

11

וְהָיָ֣ה בַיּ֣וֹם הַה֡וּא אֶתֵּ֣ן לְגוֹג֩ ׀ מְקֽוֹם־שָׁ֨ם קֶ֜בֶר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל גֵּ֤י הָעֹֽבְרִים֙ קִדְמַ֣ת הַיָּ֔ם וְחֹסֶ֥מֶת הִ֖יא אֶת־הָעֹֽבְרִ֑ים וְקָ֣בְרוּ שָׁ֗ם אֶת־גּוֹג֙ וְאֶת־כׇּל־הֲמוֹנֹ֔ה וְקָ֣רְא֔וּ גֵּ֖יא הֲמ֥וֹן גּֽוֹג׃

vehayah vayyom hahu etten legog meqom-sham qever beyisra'el ge ha'overim qidmat hayyam vekhosemet hi et-ha'overim veqaveru sham et-gog ve'et-kol-hamonoh veqare'u ge hamon gog

On that day I will assign to Gog a burial site there in Israel—the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It shall block the path of travelers, for there Gog and all his multitude will be buried. It shall be called the Valley of Gog’s Multitude.

12

וּקְבָרוּם֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְמַ֖עַן טַהֵ֣ר אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ שִׁבְעָ֖ה חֳדָשִֽׁים׃

uqevarum bet yisra'el lema'an taher et-ha'arets shivah khodashim

The House of Israel shall spend seven months burying them, in order to purify the land;

13

וְקָֽבְרוּ֙ כׇּל־עַ֣ם הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהָיָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם לְשֵׁ֑ם י֚וֹם הִכָּ֣בְדִ֔י נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃

veqaveru kol-am ha'arets vehayah lahem leshem yom hikkavedi ne'um adonay Elohim

all the people of the land shall bury them. The day I manifest My glory shall bring renown to them—declares the Sovereign GOD.

14

וְאַנְשֵׁ֨י תָמִ֤יד יַבְדִּ֙ילוּ֙ עֹבְרִ֣ים בָּאָ֔רֶץ מְקַבְּרִ֣ים אֶת־הָעֹבְרִ֗ים אֶת־הַנּוֹתָרִ֛ים עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ לְטַהֲרָ֑הּ מִקְצֵ֥ה שִׁבְעָה־חֳדָשִׁ֖ים יַחְקֹֽרוּ׃

ve'anshe tamid yavdilu overim ba'arets meqabberim et-ha'overim et-hannotarim al-pene ha'arets letaharah miqtseh shivah-khodashim yakhqoru

And they shall appoint members of a corps to traverse the land and bury any invaders who remain above ground, in order to purify it. The search shall go on for a period of seven months.

15

וְעָבְר֤וּ הָעֹֽבְרִים֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ וְרָאָה֙ עֶ֣צֶם אָדָ֔ם וּבָנָ֥ה אֶצְל֖וֹ צִיּ֑וּן עַ֣ד קָבְר֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ הַֽמְקַבְּרִ֔ים אֶל־גֵּ֖יא הֲמ֥וֹן גּֽוֹג׃

ve'averu ha'overim ba'arets vera'ah etsem adam uvanah etslo tsiyyun ad qaveru oto hameqabberim el-ge hamon gog

As those who traverse the country make their rounds, any one of them who sees a human bone shall erect a marker beside it, until the buriers have interred them in the Valley of Gog’s Multitude.

16

וְגַ֥ם שֶׁם־עִ֛יר הֲמוֹנָ֖הֿ וְטִהֲר֥וּ הָאָֽרֶץ׃ {פ}

vegam shem-ir hamonah vetiharu ha'arets

There shall also be a city named Multitude. And thus the land shall be purified.

17

וְאַתָּ֨ה בֶן־אָדָ֜ם כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֗ה אֱמֹר֩ לְצִפּ֨וֹר כׇּל־כָּנָ֜ף וּלְכֹ֣ל ׀ חַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה הִקָּבְצ֤וּ וָבֹ֙אוּ֙ הֵאָסְפ֣וּ מִסָּבִ֔יב עַל־זִבְחִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנִ֜י זֹבֵ֤חַ לָכֶם֙ זֶ֣בַח גָּד֔וֹל עַ֖ל הָרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥ם בָּשָׂ֖ר וּשְׁתִ֥יתֶם דָּֽם׃

ve'attah ven-adam koh-amar adonay Elohim emor letsippor kol-kanaf ulekhol khayyat hassadeh hiqqavetsu vavo'u he'asefu missaviv al-zivkhi asher ani zoveakh lakhem zevakh gadol al hare yisra'el va'akhaltem basar ushetitem dam

And you, O mortal, say to every winged bird and to all the wild beasts: Thus said the Sovereign GOD: Assemble, come and gather from all around for the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you—a great sacrificial feast—upon the mountains of Israel, and eat flesh and drink blood.

18

בְּשַׂ֤ר גִּבּוֹרִים֙ תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ וְדַם־נְשִׂיאֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ תִּשְׁתּ֑וּ אֵילִ֨ים כָּרִ֤ים וְעַתּוּדִים֙ פָּרִ֔ים מְרִיאֵ֥י בָשָׁ֖ן כֻּלָּֽם׃

besar gibborim tokhelu vedam-nesi'e ha'arets tishtu elim karim ve'attudim parim meri'e vashan kullam

You shall eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth: rams, lambs, he-goats, and bulls—fatlings of Bashan all of them.

19

וַאֲכַלְתֶּם־חֵ֣לֶב לְשׇׂבְעָ֔ה וּשְׁתִ֥יתֶם דָּ֖ם לְשִׁכָּר֑וֹן מִזִּבְחִ֖י אֲשֶׁר־זָבַ֥חְתִּי לָכֶֽם׃

va'akhaltem-khelev lesovah ushetitem dam leshikkaron mizzivkhi asher-zavakhti lakhem

You shall eat fat to satiety and drink your fill of blood from the sacrificial feast that I have prepared for you.

20

וּשְׂבַעְתֶּ֤ם עַל־שֻׁלְחָנִי֙ ס֣וּס וָרֶ֔כֶב גִּבּ֖וֹר וְכׇל־אִ֣ישׁ מִלְחָמָ֑ה נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃

usevatem al-shulkhani sus varekhev gibbor vekhol-ish milkhamah ne'um adonay Elohim

And you shall sate yourselves at My table with horses, charioteers, warriors, and all soldiers—declares the Sovereign GOD.

21

וְנָתַתִּ֥י אֶת־כְּבוֹדִ֖י בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם וְרָא֣וּ כׇל־הַגּוֹיִ֗ם אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתִי וְאֶת־יָדִ֖י אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֥מְתִּי בָהֶֽם׃

venatatti et-kevodi baggoyim vera'u khol-haggoyim et-mishpati asher asiti ve'et-yadi asher-samti vahem

Thus will I manifest My glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see the judgment that I executed and the power that I wielded against them.

22

וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם מִן־הַיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא וָהָֽלְאָה׃

veyade'u bet yisra'el ki ani Adonai elohehem min-hayyom hahu vahale'ah

From that time on, the House of Israel shall know that I the ETERNAL am their God.

23

וְיָדְע֣וּ הַ֠גּוֹיִ֠ם כִּ֣י בַעֲוֺנָ֞ם גָּל֣וּ בֵֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עַ֚ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָעֲלוּ־בִ֔י וָאַסְתִּ֥ר פָּנַ֖י מֵהֶ֑ם וָֽאֶתְּנֵם֙ בְּיַ֣ד צָרֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּפְּל֥וּ בַחֶ֖רֶב כֻּלָּֽם׃

veyade'u haggoyim ki va'avonam galu vet-yisra'el al asher ma'alu-vi va'astir panay mehem va'ettenem beyad tsarehem vayyippelu vakherev kullam

And the nations shall know that the House of Israel were exiled only for their iniquity, because they trespassed against Me, so that I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword.

24

כְּטֻמְאָתָ֥ם וּכְפִשְׁעֵיהֶ֖ם עָשִׂ֣יתִי אֹתָ֑ם וָאַסְתִּ֥ר פָּנַ֖י מֵהֶֽם׃ {ס}

ketumatam ukhefishehem asiti otam va'astir panay mehem

When I hid My face from them, I dealt with them according to their impurity and their transgressions.

25

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֔ה עַתָּ֗ה אָשִׁיב֙ אֶת־(שבית) [שְׁב֣וּת] יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְרִחַמְתִּ֖י כׇּל־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְקִנֵּאתִ֖י לְשֵׁ֥ם קׇדְשִֽׁי׃

lakhen koh amar adonay Elohim attah ashiv et-(shvyt) [shevut] ya'aqov verikhamti kol-bet yisra'el veqinneti leshem qodshi

Assuredly, thus said the Sovereign GOD: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob and take the whole House of Israel back in love; and I will be zealous for My holy name.

26

וְנָשׂוּ֙ אֶת־כְּלִמָּתָ֔ם וְאֶת־כׇּל־מַעֲלָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָעֲלוּ־בִ֑י בְּשִׁבְתָּ֧ם עַל־אַדְמָתָ֛ם לָבֶ֖טַח וְאֵ֥ין מַחֲרִֽיד׃

venasu et-kelimmatam ve'et-kol-ma'alam asher ma'alu-vi beshivtam al-admatam lavetakh ve'en makharid

They will bear their shame and all their trespasses that they committed against Me, when they dwell in their land secure and untroubled,

27

בְּשׁוֹבְבִ֤י אוֹתָם֙ מִן־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים וְקִבַּצְתִּ֣י אֹתָ֔ם מֵאַרְצ֖וֹת אֹיְבֵיהֶ֑ם וְנִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי בָ֔ם לְעֵינֵ֖י הַגּוֹיִ֥ם רַבִּֽים׃

beshovevi otam min-ha'ammim veqibbatsti otam me'artsot oyevehem veniqdashti vam le'ene haggoyim rabbim

when I have brought them back from among the peoples and gathered them out of the lands of their enemies and have manifested My holiness through them in the sight of many nations.

28

וְיָדְע֗וּ כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם בְּהַגְלוֹתִ֤י אֹתָם֙ אֶל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְכִנַּסְתִּ֖ים עַל־אַדְמָתָ֑ם וְלֹא־אוֹתִ֥יר ע֛וֹד מֵהֶ֖ם שָֽׁם׃

veyade'u ki ani Adonai elohehem behagloti otam el-haggoyim vekhinnastim al-admatam velo-otir od mehem sham

They shall know that I the ETERNAL am their GOD when, having exiled them among the nations, I gather them back into their land and leave none of them behind.

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וְלֹא־אַסְתִּ֥יר ע֛וֹד פָּנַ֖י מֵהֶ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁפַ֤כְתִּי אֶת־רוּחִי֙ עַל־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃ {פ}

velo-astir od panay mehem asher shafakhti et-rukhi al-bet yisra'el ne'um adonay Elohim

I will never again hide My face from them, for I will pour out My spirit upon the House of Israel—declares the Sovereign GOD.

Hebrew text and English translation from Sefaria, under their Creative Commons licence.

Yaacov, native Jerusalemite

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