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JPS Old Testament

Ezekiel 39:16

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hamonah;   The Topic Concordance - Israel/jews;   Last Days;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Hamonah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hammonah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hamonah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gog;   Hamonah;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Burial;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hamonah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ham'onah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Gog and Magog;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Burial;   Cremation;   Hamonah;  

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.
Easy-to-Read Version
The city of the dead will be named Hamonah. In this way they will make the country pure."
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.
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 Behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord GOD; This is the day whereof I have spoken. 9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and use them as fuel, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the hand-staves, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years; 10 so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests, for they shall make fires of the weapons; and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place fit for burial in Israel, the valley of them that pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall stop them that pass through; and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude; and they shall call it the valley of Hamon-gog. 12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land. 13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them, and it shall be to them a renown; in the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD. 14 And they shall set apart men of continual employment, that shall pass through the land to bury with them that pass through those that remain upon the face of the land, to cleanse it; after the end of seven months shall they search. 15 And when they that pass through shall pass through the land, and 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. 16 And Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land. 17 And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field: Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to My feast that I do prepare for you, even a great feast, upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hamonah: that is, The multitude

cleanse: Ezekiel 39:12

Cross-References

Genesis 39:3
And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
Genesis 39:5
And it came to pass from the time that he appointed him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.
Psalms 37:12
The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth at him with his teeth.
Psalms 37:32
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Jeremiah 4:22
For My people is foolish, they know Me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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.


 
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