ezekiel 39 and 40

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The Hebrew paragraph divisions:

Eze 39:1-10 {s} Prophecy against Gog of Magog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal
Eze 39:11-16 {p} The burial of Gog and his host in Israel
Eze 39:17-24 {s} Prophecy to the birds and beasts to assemble at YHVH’s feast
Eze 39:25-29 {p} YHVH to bring back the captivity of Jacob
Eze 40:1-43:9 {s} …

Eze 37 through 39 chiastic structure:

1a) Eze 37:1-28 {s+p+p} chiastic structure I will raise up the whole house of Israel/ David their king/ My covenant of peace;

1b) Eze 38:1-16a, Prophecy against Gog/ his evil plan in the latter years against Israel;

1) Eze 38:1-6, Prophecy against Gog, prince of Rosh/ YHVH to turn him around/ his army + weapons;

1) Eze 38:1-3, Prophecy against Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, Tubal;
2) Eze 38:4a, I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out;
3) Eze 38:4b-6, Gog’s glorious army + weapons + all the troops with him;

1a) Eze 38:4b, With all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed;
1b) Eze 38:4c, A great company;
1c) Eze 38:4d, With bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords;
central axis) Eze 38:5a, Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya are with them;
2c) Eze 38:5b, All of them with shield and helmet;
2b) Eze 38:6a, Gomer and all its troops; the house of Togarmah from the far north and all its troops;
2a) Eze 38:6b, Many people are with you;

2) Eze 38:7-16a {s+s} The evil plan of Gog in the latter years, to come against the people of Israel;

1a) Eze 38:7-9 {s} You will come into the land in the latter years, covering it like a cloud;

1a) Eze 38:7-8a, Prepare yourself + your companies, in the latter years you will come into the land;
1b) Eze 38:8b, The land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people;
central axis) Eze 38:8c, On the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate;
2b) Eze 38:8d, They were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely;
2a) Eze 38:9 {s} You will ascend, covering the land like a cloud, you and all your troops;

1b) Eze 38:10-11, The evil plan: I will go up against a peaceful people dwelling safely;
1c) Eze 38:12a, To take plunder and to take booty;
central axis) Eze 38:12b, “To stretch out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited, and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst of the earth;”
2c) Eze 38:13 {s} Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty;
2b) Eze 38:14-15, When My people Israel dwell safely, you will come with a great company + mighty army;
2a) Eze 38:16a, You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land in the latter days;

1c) Eze 38:16b, So that the nations may know Me;

1d) Eze 38:16c {s} When I am hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes;

1e) Eze 38:17-19b, When Gog comes against the land, YHVH’s fury + wrath will show in His face;

1a) Eze 38:17 {s} I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of Israel, that I would bring you;
1b) Eze 38:18a, And this will come to pass at the same time;
central axis) Eze 38:18c, When Gog comes against the land of Israel, says YHVH God;
2b) Eze 38:18c-19a, That My fury will show in My face/ in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath;
2a) Eze 38:19b, I have spoken;

central axis) Eze 38:19c-20, “Surely in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel, so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all men who are on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence. The mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground;”

2e) Eze 38:21-22, The sword against Gog in My mountains/ judgment + bloodshed + hail + fire + brimstone;

2d) Eze 38:23a, Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations;

2c) Eze 38:23b {s} Then they shall know that I am YHVH;

2b) Eze 39:1-22 {s+p} Prophecy against Gog/ the failure of his evil plan, destruction on the mountains of Israel;

1) Eze 39:1-3, Prophecy against Gog, prince of Rosh/ YHVH to turn him around/ the failure of his weapons;

1) Eze 39:1, Prophecy against Gog: I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal;
2) Eze 39:2, I will turn you around bringing you up from the far north against the mountains of Israel;
3) Eze 39:3, I will knock the bow out of your left hand + cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand;

2) Eze 39:4-22 {s+p} God’s glorious deliverance from the evil plan against Israel;

1) Eze 39:4, Gog on the mountains of Israel, given to birds of prey + beasts to be devoured;
2) Eze 39:5, You shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken, says YHVH God;
3) Eze 39:6a, I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands;
4) Eze 39:6b-7, YHVH’s holy name known in the midst of Israel + among the nations;

central axis) 39:8, “Surely it is coming, and it shall be done,” says YHVH God. “This is the day of which I have spoken;”

3) Eze 39:9-10 {s} The fire to consume the weapons for 7 years/ they will plunder those who plundered them;
2) Eze 39:11-16 {p} The burial of the fallen for 7 months, in order to cleanse the land;
1) Eze 39:17-20, Prophecy to the birds + beasts: come to My sacrificial meal on the mountains of Israel;
4) Eze 39:21-22, My glory among the nations/ house of Israel shall know YHVH their God from that day;

2a) Eze 39:23-29 {s+p} Israel restored from captivity because of YHVH’s mercy/ His Spirit upon the whole house;

1a) Eze 39:23a, The Gentiles shall know that Israel went into captivity because of their unfaithfulness;
1b) Eze 39:23b, Therefore I hid My face from them;
central axis) Eze 39:23c-24a, “I gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword. According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have dealt with them;”
2b) Eze 39:24b {s} And hidden My face from them;
2a) Eze 39:25-29 {p} Israel restored from captivity because of YHVH’s mercy/ He will not hide His face;

1a) Eze 39:25a, Therefore thus says the Lord God;
1b) Eze 39:25b, I will bring Jacob back + have compassion on whole house of Israel;
1c) Eze 39:25c, I will be jealous for My holy name;
central axis) Eze 39:26-27a, After they have borne their unfaithfulness + I have brought them back from the peoples;
2c) Eze 39:27b-28a, I am hallowed in them in the sight of many nations/ they shall know that I am YHVH;
2b) Eze 39:28b-29a, I will gather them again + I will not hide My face but pour out My Spirit upon whole house;
2a) Eze 39:29b {p} Says the Lord GOD.