uW Translation Notes:

Connecting Statement:

Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues to tell Ezekiel what will happen to Gog.

Note 1 topic: translate-numbers

(Occurrence 0) seven months

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they,will_bury_them house_of Yisrael in_order_to cleanse DOM the=earth/land seven months )

“7 months.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) the house of Israel

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they,will_bury_them house_of Yisrael in_order_to cleanse DOM the=earth/land seven months )

The word “house” is a metonym for the family that lives in the house, in this case the Israelites, the descendants of Jacob over many years. See how you translated this in Ezekiel 3:1. Alternate translation: [the Israelites] or [the Israelite people group]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) will bury them in order to purify the land

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they,will_bury_them house_of Yisrael in_order_to cleanse DOM the=earth/land seven months )

In Jewish law, a dead body defiled anything it touched and made it “unclean.” Burying these bodies is spoken of as cleansing or purifying the land.

(Occurrence 0) bury them

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they,will_bury_them house_of Yisrael in_order_to cleanse DOM the=earth/land seven months )

Alternate translation: [bury the soldiers of Gog’s army]