Ezekiel 39 in the early church

[Vulgate: Ezechiel]

10 passages quote, allude to, or echo Ezekiel 39, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 2 · 3 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 24 · 28

Ezekiel 39:2

I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.

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Ezek 39:2Book of Rules 7 · Tyconiusquotation, high confidenceca. 380

Ezekiel 39:3

Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the arrows from your right hand.

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Ezek 39:3Book of Rules 7 · Tyconiusquotation, high confidenceca. 380

Ezekiel 39:9

Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.

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Ezek 39:9Divine Institutes 7.26.4 · Lactantiusallusion, high confidenceca. 303–311

Ezekiel 39:10

They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.

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Ezek 39:10Divine Institutes 7.26.4 · Lactantiusallusion, high confidenceca. 303–311
Ezek 39:10On the Christian Faith 2.16 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 378–380

Ezekiel 39:11

And on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.

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Ezek 39:11Epitome of the Divine Institutes 67.7 · Lactantiusallusion, high confidenceca. 314–320
Ezek 39:11On the Christian Faith 2.16 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 378–380

Ezekiel 39:12

For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.

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Ezek 39:12On the Christian Faith 2.16 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 378–380

Ezekiel 39:24

I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them.

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Ezek 39:24On the Governance of God 7.28 · Salvian of Marseillesquotation, high confidenceca. 439-451

Ezekiel 39:28

Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.

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Ezek 39:28Demonstration 19.2 · Aphrahatquotation, high confidence337-345