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For seven years they will use them for fuel. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/39.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Then the people in the towns of Israel will go out and pick up your small and large shields, bows and arrows, javelins and spears, and they will use them for fuel. There will be enough to last them seven years! <a href="/esv/ezekiel/39.htm">English Standard Version</a> “Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and make fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bow and arrows, clubs and spears; and they will make fires of them for seven years, <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/39.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/39.htm">King James Bible</a> And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/39.htm">New King James Version</a> “Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/39.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both bucklers and shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/39.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/39.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out, and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears and for seven years they will make fires of them. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/39.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and large shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears; and for seven years they will make fires of them. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/39.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And [when you, Gog, no longer exist] those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both the [large] shields and the bucklers (small shields), the bows and the arrows, the war clubs and the spears; and for seven years they will burn them. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/39.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “ ‘Then the inhabitants of Israel’s cities will go out, kindle fires, and burn the weapons—the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them to make fires. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/39.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then the inhabitants of Israel&#8217s cities will go out, kindle fires, and burn the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them to make fires. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/39.htm">American Standard Version</a> And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years; <a href="/cev/ezekiel/39.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When that day comes, the people in the towns of Israel will collect the weapons of their dead enemies. They will use these shields, bows and arrows, spears, and clubs as firewood, and there will be enough to last for seven years. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/39.htm">English Revised Version</a> And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/39.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Those living in the cities of Israel will go out. They will set fire to weapons and burn them. They will burn small and large shields, bows and arrows, and war clubs and spears. They will burn them for seven years. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/39.htm">Good News Translation</a> The people who live in the cities of Israel will go out and collect the abandoned weapons for firewood. They will build fires with the shields, bows, arrows, spears, and clubs, and have enough to last for seven years. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/39.htm">International Standard Version</a> "After all this happens, the people who live in the cities of Israel will be kindling fires for seven years, using small shields, large shields, bows, arrows, clubs, personal weapons, and spears to do so. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/39.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/ezekiel/39.htm">NET Bible</a> "'Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling--the shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears--they will burn them for seven years. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/39.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "'Those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years; <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/39.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaffs, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: <a href="/web/ezekiel/39.htm">World English Bible</a> “‘“Those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and will make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs and the spears, and they will make fires with them for seven years; <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/39.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And those dwelling [in the] cities of Israel have gone out, "" And they have burned and kindled [a fire], "" With armor, and shield, and buckler, "" With bow, and with arrows, "" And with hand weapon, and with javelin, "" And they have caused a fire to burn seven years with them, <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/39.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And gone out have the inhabitants of cities of Israel, And they have burned and kindled a fire, With armour, and shield, and buckler, With bow, and with arrows, And with hand-staves, and with javelins, And they have caused a fire to burn with them seven years, <a href="/slt/ezekiel/39.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they dwelling in the cities of Israel went forth and kindled and set on fire with the weapons and the shield and the buckler, with the bow and with the arrows, and with the rods of the hand and with the spear, and they burnt a fire with them seven years:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/39.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the inhabitants shall go forth of the cities of Israel, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, the shields, and the spears, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves and the pikes: and they shall burn them with fire seven years. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/39.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the inhabitants from the cities of Israel will go forth, and they will kindle and burn the weapons, the shields and the spears, the bows and the arrows, and the staff and the lance. And they will kindle fires with them for seven years. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/39.htm">New American Bible</a> Everyone living in the cities of Israel shall go out and set fire to the weapons, buckler and shield, bows and arrows, clubs and spears; for seven years they shall make fires with them. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/39.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and make fires of the weapons and burn them—bucklers and shields, bows and arrows, handpikes and spears—and they will make fires of them for seven years.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/39.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Then the inhabitants of the villages of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the spears, the bows and the arrows and the hand-staves and the lances, and they shall burn them as fuel for seven years; <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/39.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the inhabitants of the cities of Israel shall come out, and they shall set fire to the armor and to the shields and to the spears and to the bows and to the arrows and to the clubs of the hands and to the lances and they shall burn some of them in fire seven years<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/39.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and use them as fuel, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the hand-staves, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years; <a href="/sep/ezekiel/39.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they that inhabit the cities of Israel shall come forth, and make a fire with the arms, the shields and the spears, and bows and arrows, and hand-staves, and lances, and they shall keep fire burning with them for seven years: <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=11647" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/39.htm">The Slaughter of Gog's Armies</a> …8Yes, it is coming, and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD. This is the day of which I have spoken. 9<a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">Then those who dwell</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rê (N-fpc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">in the cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wə·yā·ṣə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">will go out,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1197.htm" title="1197: ū·ḇi·‘ă·rū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To kindle, consume, to be, brutish. A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume; also to be(-come) brutish.">kindle fires,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5400.htm" title="5400: wə·hiś·śî·qū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To catch fire. A primitive root; to catch fire.">and burn up</a> <a href="/hebrew/5402.htm" title="5402: bə·ne·šeq (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Equipment, weapons. Or nesheq; from nashaq; military equipment, i.e. arms, or an arsenal.">the weapons—</a> <a href="/hebrew/4043.htm" title="4043: ū·mā·ḡên (Conj-w:: N-cs) -- A shield. Also feminine mginnah; from ganan; a shield; figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile.">the bucklers</a> <a href="/hebrew/6793.htm" title="6793: wə·ṣin·nāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- A hook, a, shield, cold. Feminine of tsen; a hook; also a shield; also cold.">and shields,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7198.htm" title="7198: bə·qe·šeṯ (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- A bow. From qashah in the original sense of bending: a bow, for shooting or the iris.">the bows</a> <a href="/hebrew/2671.htm" title="2671: ū·ḇə·ḥiṣ·ṣîm (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-mp) -- From chatsats; properly, a piercer, i.e. An arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear.">and arrows,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4731.htm" title="4731: ū·ḇə·maq·qêl (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A rod, staff. Or maqqlah; from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate; a shoot, i.e. Stick.">the clubs</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yāḏ (N-fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/7420.htm" title="7420: ū·ḇə·rō·maḥ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-ms) -- A spear, lance. From an unused root meaning to hurl; a lance; especially the iron point.">and spears.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: še·ḇa‘ (Number-fs) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">For seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nîm (N-fp) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years</a> <a href="/hebrew/1197.htm" title="1197: ū·ḇi·‘ă·rū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To kindle, consume, to be, brutish. A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume; also to be(-come) brutish."></a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ’êš (N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">they will use them for fuel.</a> 10They 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Isaiah 2:4</a> Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war. <a href="/micah/4-3.htm">Micah 4:3</a> Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war. <a href="/joel/3-10.htm">Joel 3:10</a> Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’ <a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm">Isaiah 9:5</a> For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire. <a href="/psalms/46-9.htm">Psalm 46:9</a> He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire. <a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm">Isaiah 54:16-17</a> Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc. / No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD. <a href="/jeremiah/51-20.htm">Jeremiah 51:20-23</a> “You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. / With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver. / With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden. ... <a href="/zechariah/9-10.htm">Zechariah 9:10</a> And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth. <a href="/revelation/19-17.htm">Revelation 19:17-18</a> Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.” <a href="/revelation/20-8.htm">Revelation 20:8-9</a> and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore. / And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them. <a href="/revelation/19-20.htm">Revelation 19:20-21</a> But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. / And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh. <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">2 Peter 3:10</a> But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. <a href="/romans/8-37.htm">Romans 8:37</a> No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-54.htm">1 Corinthians 15:54-57</a> When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” / “Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” / The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ... <a href="/hebrews/2-14.htm">Hebrews 2:14</a> Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the hand staves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:shall go<a href="/psalms/111-2.htm">Psalm 111:2,3</a> The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein… <a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Isaiah 66:24</a> And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.<a href="/malachi/1-5.htm">Malachi 1:5</a> And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.and shall<a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Ezekiel 39:10</a> So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.<a href="/joshua/11-6.htm">Joshua 11:6</a> And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.<a href="/psalms/46-9.htm">Psalm 46:9</a> He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.hand staves.burn them with fire.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/39-3.htm">Arrows</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-56.htm">Bows</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-4.htm">Bucklers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-11.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-38.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/job/41-29.htm">Clubs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-6.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-6.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-11.htm">Fires</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-8.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-32.htm">Fuel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-6.htm">Inhabit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-7.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-17.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-5.htm">Shields</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-4.htm">Spears</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-3.htm">Use</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-27.htm">War</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-27.htm">Weapons</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/habakkuk/3-9.htm">Arrows</a> <a href="/genesis/49-15.htm">Bows</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-16.htm">Bucklers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-5.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/matthew/26-47.htm">Clubs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-26.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Fires</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-1.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-13.htm">Fuel</a> <a href="/amos/9-14.htm">Inhabit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-11.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-12.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/nahum/2-3.htm">Shields</a> <a href="/joel/3-10.htm">Spears</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-10.htm">Use</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-18.htm">War</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Weapons</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 39</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/39-1.htm">God's judgment upon Gog</a> 8. <a href="/ezekiel/39-8.htm">Israel's victory</a> 11. <a href="/ezekiel/39-11.htm">Gog's burial in Hamon-gog</a> 17. <a href="/ezekiel/39-17.htm">The feast of the fowls</a> 21. <a href="/ezekiel/39-21.htm">Israel having been plagued for their sins</a> 25. <a href="/ezekiel/39-25.htm">shall be gathered again with eternal favor</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The context is a prophetic vision given to Ezekiel concerning a time after a great battle. The cities of Israel refer to the populated areas within the nation, suggesting a collective movement of the people. Historically, Israel's cities were often fortified and central to community life, serving as places of refuge and governance.kindle fires, and burn up the weapons The act of kindling fires and burning weapons symbolizes the aftermath of a significant military victory. In ancient times, burning the enemy's weapons was a way to prevent their reuse and to signify total defeat. This imagery also suggests a period of peace, as the weapons are no longer needed for defense. Theologically, it points to God's deliverance and the futility of human warfare against divine intervention.the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears These items represent the typical armaments of ancient warfare. Bucklers and shields were used for protection, while bows, arrows, clubs, and spears were offensive weapons. The comprehensive list underscores the totality of the enemy's defeat. In a broader biblical context, these weapons can be seen as symbols of human reliance on military might, which is ultimately powerless against God's sovereignty.For seven years they will use them for fuel The duration of seven years is significant in biblical numerology, often representing completeness or divine perfection. Using the weapons for fuel for such an extended period emphasizes the abundance of the spoils and the thoroughness of the victory. This period of using weapons as fuel also suggests a time of sustained peace and provision, as the people of Israel rely on the remnants of their enemies for warmth and energy, rather than engaging in further conflict.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He is the author of the book and the one receiving the visions from God. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation chosen by God, often representing His people. In this context, it refers to the inhabitants of the cities of Israel who will benefit from the destruction of their enemies' weapons. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_cities_of_israel.htm">The Cities of Israel</a> These are the urban centers within the land of Israel where the people will reside and from where they will collect the weapons for burning. 4. <a href="/topical/w/weapons.htm">Weapons</a> The instruments of war used by Israel's enemies, which will be collected and burned by the Israelites. This includes shields, bows, arrows, clubs, and spears. 5. <a href="/topical/s/seven_years.htm">Seven Years</a> A significant period in biblical numerology often symbolizing completeness or divine perfection. Here, it indicates the duration for which the Israelites will use the weapons as fuel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> God demonstrates His control over the nations by turning the instruments of war into tools for peace and provision. <a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_human_warfare.htm">The Futility of Human Warfare</a> The burning of weapons signifies the ultimate futility of human conflict against God's purposes. <a href="/topical/p/provision_through_divine_intervention.htm">Provision Through Divine Intervention</a> God provides for His people in unexpected ways, turning what was meant for harm into a source of sustenance. <a href="/topical/s/symbol_of_complete_victory.htm">Symbol of Complete Victory</a> The seven-year period of burning weapons symbolizes a complete and total victory over the enemies of God’s people. <a href="/topical/p/peace_and_restoration.htm">Peace and Restoration</a> This passage foreshadows a time of peace and restoration, encouraging believers to look forward to God's ultimate plan for peace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_39.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 39</a> <a href="/q/how_can_weapons_burn_for_7_years.htm">How can Ezekiel 39:9–10 realistically describe weapons burning for seven years without a consistent fuel source or evidence of such an event in recorded history? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_9_align_with_mercy.htm">How does the judgment in Ezekiel 9 align with other biblical passages emphasizing mercy and forgiveness?</a> <a href="/q/is_ezekiel_9_symbolic,_not_literal.htm">Could Ezekiel 9 be interpreted as a purely symbolic vision rather than a literal event, and if so, why include graphic details?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_mass_execution_in_ezekiel_9.htm">Are there any historical or archeological records supporting a mass execution in Jerusalem as described in Ezekiel 9?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/39.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) Shall burn them with fire seven years.--The representation of this and the following verse, that the weapons of the army of Gog shall furnish the whole nation of Israel with fuel for seven years, cannot, of course, be understood literally, and seems to have been inserted by the prophet to show that we are to look for the meaning of his prophecy beyond any literal event of earthly warfare.<a href="/context/ezekiel/39-11.htm" title="And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give to Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.">Ezekiel 39:11-16</a> again present the magnitude of the attack upon the Church by describing the burial of the host after it is slain. The language, if it could be supposed it was meant to be literally understood, would be even more extravagant than that of <a href="/context/ezekiel/39-9.htm" title="And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the hand staves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:">Ezekiel 39:9-10</a>. The whole nation of Israel is represented as engaged for seven months in burying the bodies (<a href="/context/ezekiel/39-12.htm" title="And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.">Ezekiel 39:12-13</a>); after this an indefinite time is to be occupied by one corps of men appointed to search the land for still remaining bones, and by another who are to bury them.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/39.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 9, 10 set forth as the first proof of the greatness of Gog's overthrow the immense booty in the shape of weapons of war which should be obtained by the inhabitants of the cities of Israel. So huge should be the quantity of weapons left behind by the slain, that the Israelites should burn them with fire seven years. This burning of the weapons has been explained by Havernick, on the ground that weapons of war, as incompatible with Messianic times, should be no more required (cf. <a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Isaiah 2:4</a>); by Ewald, as in accordance with the custom of the Hebrews (<a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm">Isaiah 9:5</a>) and other ancient peoples (Livy, 38:23; Virgil, 'AEneid,' 8:562); by Hitzig and Smend, as prompted by the consideration that Israel, for whom Jehovah had fought, should have no further need of weapons; by Schroder, as indicating that for Israel these warlike instruments should then so completely lose their power to terrify that they might be looked upon simply as so much firewood; and by Keil, as designed to annihilate the enemy and remove every trace of him. Kliefoth appears nearest the mark, in suggesting that the emphasis lies upon the length of time the burning should continue; and that this was intended, by conveying an idea of the vastness of the spoil, to represent the thoroughness of Gog's destruction and of Israel's deliverance. That the whole delineation is symbolical appears from the number of years the weapons are said to serve for fuel, viz. seven, and from the character of the weapons themselves, which, if not entirely wooden, were at least all combustible. Of the "armor" generally (נֶשֶׁק, "something joined," from a root signifying "to join") the pieces mentioned - the shields and the bucklers (see <a href="/ezekiel/38-4.htm">Ezekiel 38:4</a>), the bows and arrows (see ver. 3), the hand-staves, or, javelins (margin), perhaps, as Hitzig and Smend suggest, the staff with which a horseman strikes his beast (see <a href="/numbers/22-27.htm">Numbers 22:27</a>), and the spears - were mostly composed of timber. When all should have been given to the flames, it would then appear that on their late owners the lex talionis had worked out its literal avengement, that they who had intended to despoil Israel were themselves spoiled; and they who hoped to plunder Israel were themselves plundered (comp. <a href="/isaiah/17-14.htm">Isaiah 17:14</a>). <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then those who dwell יֹשְׁבֵ֣י ׀ (yō·šə·ḇê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in the cities עָרֵ֣י (‘ā·rê) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc will go out, וְֽיָצְא֞וּ (wə·yā·ṣə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim kindle fires, וּבִעֲר֡וּ (ū·ḇi·‘ă·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1197.htm">Strong's 1197: </a> To kindle, consume, to be, brutish and burn וְ֠הִשִּׂיקוּ (wə·hiś·śî·qū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5400.htm">Strong's 5400: </a> To catch fire the weapons— בְּנֶ֨שֶׁק (bə·ne·šeq) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5402.htm">Strong's 5402: </a> Military equipment, arms, an arsenal the bucklers וּמָגֵ֤ן (ū·mā·ḡên) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4043.htm">Strong's 4043: </a> A shield, a protector, the scaly hide of the crocodile and shields, וְצִנָּה֙ (wə·ṣin·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6793.htm">Strong's 6793: </a> A hook, a, shield, cold the bows בְּקֶ֣שֶׁת (bə·qe·šeṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7198.htm">Strong's 7198: </a> A bow, for, shooting, the iris and arrows, וּבְחִצִּ֔ים (ū·ḇə·ḥiṣ·ṣîm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2671.htm">Strong's 2671: </a> A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear the clubs וּבְמַקֵּ֥ל (ū·ḇə·maq·qêl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4731.htm">Strong's 4731: </a> A shoot, stick and spears. וּבְרֹ֑מַח (ū·ḇə·rō·maḥ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7420.htm">Strong's 7420: </a> A lance, the iron point For seven שֶׁ֥בַע (še·ḇa‘) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number years שָׁנִֽים׃ (šā·nîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year they will use them for fuel. וּבִעֲר֥וּ (ū·ḇi·‘ă·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1197.htm">Strong's 1197: </a> To kindle, consume, to be, brutish <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Ezekiel 39:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Ezekiel 39:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Ezekiel 39:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Ezekiel 39:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Ezekiel 39:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Ezekiel 39:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Ezekiel 39:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Ezekiel 39:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Ezekiel 39:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Ezekiel 39:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-9.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 39:9 Those who dwell in the cities (Ezek. 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