Albert Barnes Commentary Ezekiel 39:11

"And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of them that pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall stop them that pass through: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude; and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog." — Ezekiel 39:11 (ASV)

The prophet pictures to himself some imaginary valley at the “east of the sea,” the Dead Sea—a place frightful in its physical character and serving as a warning of past judgments. He calls it “the valley of the passengers” (or, passers-by), because those who lie buried there were merely like a passing cloud. In Ezekiel 39:11-15, there is a play on words: there were “passengers” to be buried, “passengers” to walk over their graves, and “passengers” to bury them; (or, a play upon the triple meaning of passing in (invading), passing by, and passing through).

Stop the noses - The word rendered this way occurs only once more in Scripture (Deuteronomy 25:4), where it is rendered muzzle. .

Hamon-gog - See the margin; compare Ezekiel 39:16.