EZEKIEL 39:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
They will not need to take wood from the field or cut it from the forest, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them and despoil those who despoiled them, declares the Lord God—emphasizing the reversal of fortune where Israel gains from the invader rather than being despoiled. The abundance of weapons means Israel will not need to gather fuel otherwise; the natural resource becomes unnecessary because the captured weapons provide ample combustible material. The statement about plundering those who plundered encapsulates the complete reversal; Gog came to seize spoil but becomes himself the spoil. The formula 'declares the Lord God' underscores divine authority for the promise of reversal. This verse emphasizes the material benefit that Israel gains from the defeat of Gog; the restoration promised in chapter 37 is not only political and spiritual but material and economic.
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