And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land.” ’
Parallel translations
- WEB Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
- KJV And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
- BSB (Even the city will be named Hamonah.) And so they will cleanse the land.
- NKJV The name of the city will also be Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land.” ’
- NLT (There will be a town there named Hamonah, which means ‘horde.’) And so the land will finally be cleansed.
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A city is named Hamonah, and the land is thereby cleansed. The memory of judgment is fixed in the very place-names.
Overview
A nearby city is given the name Hamonah ('multitude'), so that the great defeat of Gog is permanently commemorated, and thus the land is cleansed. Naming places after God's mighty acts was a way Israel preserved memory of His deeds. The completed cleansing of the land prepares for the temple vision that follows, where God's holy presence dwells among a purified people.
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