“And I will magnify myself and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”
God will ‘magnify Himself, sanctify Himself and make Himself known', not by some great bombastic, pretentious show, but by His actions in bringing about His final purposes. The last judgment will be God's final vindication. There He will stand alone, supreme, revealed in all His awful holiness, made known to all who have rejected Him. There, too late, all will know that He is Yahweh, the One Who is, the great I am, the One Who causes to be whatever He desires.
‘I will -- sanctify myself.' We constantly pray ‘hallowed (sanctified) be your name'. This means that He be ‘set apart' before men as different, as unique, because of His supreme greatness and righteousness revealed in what He does and brings about (Ezekiel 28:22; Ezekiel 36:23), and especially in the redemption and making righteous of His people (compare Ezekiel 20:41; Ezekiel 28:25; Ezekiel 39:27).
Chapter 39 The Fate of Gog.
In this chapter a summary is given of Gog's invasion followed by a more detailed description of his fate, along with those who fought for him. All his might will be burned up (Ezekiel 38:9) and he and his followers will be shamed (compare Jeremiah 25:33), by being left exposed and eaten by the vultures (Ezekiel 38:12; Ezekiel 38:18) before their final disposal. There is a surely a deliberate contrast here between the fate of Israel's enemies and the restoration of Israel as depicted in Ezekiel 37:1-14. The bones of both were scattered. The former will be buried in the land for ever, while the latter will live again as the dry bones lived. It is a similar contrast to that in Daniel 12:2-3, but Daniel, with his remarkable visions, had a greater understanding of the future.
The emphasis in the chapter, however, is on the fate of Gog and of the enemies of God's people. Their ignominious end is hugely stressed. They will be no more, buried for ever with no hope of life.