Ezekiel 39:16

Easy-to-Read Version

The city of the dead will be named Hamonah. In this way they will make the country pure."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
There will even be a city named Hamonah there. So they will cleanse the land.’

Hebrew Names Version
Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

King James Version
And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

English Standard Version
(Hamonah is also the name of the city.) Thus shall they cleanse the land.

New American Standard Bible
"And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land."'

New Century Version
A city will be there named Hamonah. So they will make the land clean again.'

Amplified Bible
"And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. In this manner they shall cleanse the land."'

Geneva Bible (1587)
And also the name of the citie shalbe Hamonah: thus shall they clense the land.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land."'

Legacy Standard Bible
And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land."'

Berean Standard Bible
(Even the city will be named Hamonah.) And so they will cleanse the land.'

Contemporary English Version
near the town of "Gog's Army." After that, the land will be pure again.

Complete Jewish Bible
Moreover, "Hamonah" [its horde] will be the name of a city. Thus will they cleanse the land.'

Darby Translation
And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

George Lamsa Translation
And the name of the graveyard shall be, The Mighty City. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

Good News Translation
(There will be a town nearby named after the army.) And so the land will be made clean again."

Lexham English Bible
And furthermore the name of the city there is Hamonah, and thus they will cleanse the land."'

Literal Translation
And also the name of the city is The Multitude. And they shall cleanse the land.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the name of the cite shalbe called Hamona: Thus shall they make the londe clene.

American Standard Version
And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

Bible in Basic English
And there they will put all the army of Gog in the earth. So they will make the land clean.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

King James Version (1611)
And also the name of the citie shall be Hamonah: thus shal they clense the land.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the name of the citie shalbe called Hamonah: thus shall they make the lande cleane.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the name of the city shall be Burial-place: so shall the land be cleansed.

English Revised Version
And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

World English Bible
Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli the name of the cite is Amona; and thei schulen clense the lond.

Update Bible Version
And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus they shall cleanse the land.

Webster's Bible Translation
And also the name of the city [shall be] Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

New English Translation
(A city by the name of Hamonah will also be there.) They will cleanse the land.'

New King James Version
The name of the city will also be Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land."'

New Living Translation
(There will be a town there named Hamonah, which means ‘horde.') And so the land will finally be cleansed.

New Life Bible
(There will be a city called Hamonah there also.) And so they will make the land clean."'"

New Revised Standard
(A city Hamonah is there also.) Thus they shall cleanse the land.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Moreover the name of a city shall be Hamonah To the multitude, so shall they cleanse the land.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the name of the city shall be Amona, and they shall cleanse the land.

Revised Standard Version
(A city Hamo'nah is there also.) Thus shall they cleanse the land.

Young's Literal Translation
And also the name of the city [is] The multitude; and they have cleansed the land.

Contextual Overview

⁸ That time is coming! It will happen!" This is what the Lord God said. "That is the day I am talking about. ⁹ "At that time people living in the cities of Israel will go out to the fields. They will collect the enemy's weapons and burn them. They will burn all the shields, bows and arrows, clubs and spears. They will use the weapons as firewood for seven years. ¹⁰ They will not have to gather wood from the fields or chop firewood from the forests because they will use the weapons as firewood. They will take the valuable things from the soldiers who wanted to steal from them. They will take the good things from the soldiers who took good things from them." This is what the Lord God said. ¹¹ "At that time I will choose a place in Israel to bury Gog. He will be buried in the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Dead Sea. It will block the road for travelers, because Gog and all his army will be buried in that place. People will call it ‘The Valley of Gog's Army.' ¹² It will take seven months for the family of Israel to bury them. They must do this to make the land pure. ¹³ The common people will bury the enemy soldiers, and the people will become famous on the day that I bring honor to myself." The Lord God said those things. ¹⁴ "Workers will be given a full-time job burying the dead soldiers to make the land pure. The workers will work for seven months. They will go around looking for dead bodies. ¹⁵ They will go around looking, and if anyone sees a bone, a marker will be put up by it. The sign will stay there until the gravediggers come and bury the bone in the Valley of Gog's Army. ¹⁶ The city of the dead will be named Hamonah. In this way they will make the country pure." ¹⁷ This is what the Lord God said: "Son of man, speak to all the birds and wild animals for me. Tell them, ‘Come here! Come here! Gather around. Come eat this sacrifice I am preparing for you. There will be a very big sacrifice on the mountains of Israel. Come, eat the meat and drink the blood.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hamonah: that is, The multitude

cleanse: Ezekiel 39:12

Cross-References

Genesis 39:3
Potiphar saw that the Lord was with Joseph and that the Lord helped Joseph be successful in everything he did.

Genesis 39:5
After Joseph was made the ruler over the house, the Lord blessed the house and everything that Potiphar owned. The Lord also blessed everything that grew in Potiphar's fields. The Lord did this because of Joseph.

Psalms 37:12
The wicked plan bad things for those who are good. They show their teeth in anger at them.

Psalms 37:32
The wicked are always looking for ways to kill good people.

Jeremiah 4:22
The Lord said, "My people are foolish. They don't know me. They are stupid children. They don't understand. They are skillful at doing evil, but they don't know how to do good."

Titus 3:3
In the past we were foolish too. We did not obey, we were wrong, and we were slaves to the many things our bodies wanted and enjoyed. We lived doing evil and being jealous. People hated us and we hated each other.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah,.... The name of the city nearest to this place, where Gog and his multitude shall be buried, shall be called Hamonah from thence, which signifies a multitude; or Polyandrion, as the Septuagint version, a place where many graves are; or perhaps a new city will be built near this place, and so called, to perpetuate the memory of it; or else, as Kimchi observes, Jerusalem will be so called, from the multitude of those that will be slain near it; but, however, neither that nor any other city in the land of Israel have ever bore any such name; from whence it may be concluded that this prophecy does not refer to the times of Antiochus, or any yet past, but to time to come:

thus shall they cleanse the land; thoroughly and completely, so that not a bone shall be left unburied.