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"They will make fires with the weapons"

Text: Ezekiel 39:10

THE WEAPONS OF WAR

The Lord had caused Gog of Magog and his allies to be soundly defeated in war. Israel would go out and gather the weapons of war from their defeated foes.

“‘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.
They will not take wood from the field
nor cut down any from the forests,
because they will make fires with the weapons;
and they will plunder those who plundered them,
and pillage those who pillaged them,’ says the Lord God.”
Ezekiel 39:9-10

1. The city dwellers.

a) They would go into the battlefield.

b) The usual goals:

i) To arrest enemies.

ii) To tend to the wounded.

iii) To gather the arms left behind.

2. The weapons:

a) Shields and bucklers.

b) Bows and arrows.

c) Javelins and spears.

3. What would the discarded weapons be used for?

a) They will become firewood.

b) The weapons seized would function as firewood for seven years.

4. No need to cut down trees.

a) The usual way to get firewood in the past was noted.

b) Israel would go out and chop down trees from the fields and forests.

c) They would not need to look for firewood for the next seven years.

i) Israel would plunder the enemies.

ii) It would pillage the foes.

iii) Their booty would be the seized weapons that would become firewood for Israel.

iv) The enemies had brought a huge number of weapons but would lose them to Israel because of their defeat.