Ezekiel 39:8-10

New International Version

⁸It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Lord. This is the day^(A) I have spoken of.

⁹“‘Then those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and use the weapons for fuel and burn them up—the small and large shields, the bows and arrows,^(B) the war clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.^(C) ¹⁰They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder^(D) those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(E)

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Ezekiel 39:8-10

English Standard Version

⁸^(A)Behold, it is coming and it will be brought about, declares the Lord God. That is the day ^(B)of which I have spoken.

⁹“Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and ^(C)make fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bow and arrows, ^(D)clubs^[a] and spears; and they will make fires of them for seven years, ¹⁰so that they will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for ^(E)they will make their fires of the weapons. ^(F)They will seize the spoil of those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord God.