Ezekiel 39 · Verse 16

Ezekiel 39:16

And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
Ezekiel 39:16, King James Version

Ezekiel 39:16 in other translations

BSB(Even the city will be named Hamonah.) And so they will cleanse the land.
WEBHamonah will also be the name of a city. Thus they will cleanse the land.”’
ASVAnd Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
YLTAnd also the name of the city is The multitude; and they have cleansed the land.
DARBYAnd also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
BBEAnd there they will put all the army of Gog in the earth. So they will make the land clean.
WebsterAnd also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.

What does Ezekiel 39:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. A city in the neighborhood was to receive the name Hamonah, "multitude," to commemorate the overthrow of the multitudes of the foe [Henderson]. The multitude of the slain shall give a name to the city of Jerusalem after the land shall have been cleansed [Grotius]. Jerusalem shall be famed as the conqueror of multitudes.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 39:11-22

How numerous the enemies which God destroyed for the defence of his people Israel! Times of great deliverances should be times of reformation. Every one should help the utmost he can, toward cleansing the land from reproach. Sin is an enemy every man should strive against. Those engaged in public work, especially of cleansing and reforming a land, ought to be men who will go through with what they undertake, who…

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Ezekiel 39:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְגַ֥םve.Gamand alsoH1571
שֶׁם\־shem-[the] name ofH8034
עִ֛יר'ira cityH5892
הֲמוֹנָ֖הha.mo.Nah[is] HamonahH1997
וְטִהֲר֥וּve.ti.ha.Ruand they will cleanseH2891
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃\ \סha.'A.retzthe landH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hamonah. that is, The multitude. cleanse.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 39:15

    And the passengers that pass through the land, when 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.

  • Ezekiel 39:16

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

  • Ezekiel 39:17

    And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

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Ezekiel 39:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y también el nombre de la ciudad será Hamonah: y limpiarán la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et le nom de la ville aussi sera Hamona. Ainsi on purifiera le pays.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und auch der Name der Stadt soll Hamona sein. Und so werden sie das Land reinigen. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nomen autem civitatis Amona: et mundabunt terram.