“On that day I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the sea. It will block the travelers, for there Gog and all his multitude will be buried. It will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.
God speaks of this victory as already done, though the fulfillment lies ahead, because it is as certain as if accomplished. The routed army leaves behind such mountains of weapons that Israel will burn them for fuel seven years instead of cutting wood from the forests, turning the instruments of war into the ordinary means of warming their homes.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 39:8-22
Gog sought to possess the whole land but will have no more of it than a grave. That valley lay on the great road where merchants traveled from Syria and Babylon into Egypt; the stench of his carcasses will stop all who pass that way, a monument to God's power against His enemies.
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He found only a grave where he expected conquest's spoils. So vast would be the slain that a deep valley alone could hold them, positioned on the public road where travelers would witness God's judgment, as nearby Sodom and Gomorrah witnessed His hand before.
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