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Ezekiel 39:10

in Ezekiel 39

They 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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

so that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall make fires of the weapons; and they shall plunder those that plundered them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord Jehovah.

KJV

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.

This verse in Ezekiel 39

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Yes, it is coming

on Ezekiel 39:8-10

The Hebrew states the event as done, the prophetic perfect: “it is coming, and it will surely happen”. For seven years Israel burns the invader's weapons for fuel. “They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them” turns the coalition's purpose back on the takers.

This site's exposition

They will loot those who looted them

The reversal answers Gog's plan in 38:12 to 13, where he came to seize spoil and plunder. The same Hebrew words for spoil and plunder return here with Israel as the subject. Isaiah 33:1 announces a like reversal on the destroyer.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(Chapter 39, Verse 1 onwards) \"But you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say: 'This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshek and Tubal. I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north and send you against the mountains of Israel. Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand. On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you.'

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

So that they shall take no wood out of the field,....

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

I will give Gog a place there as a grave A place where there will be a grave for them. Since he is of the seed of Japtheth, who covered his father’s nakedness, he therefore merited burial.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Ezekiel 39:11:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יִשְׂא֨וּthey will carry

    yisuH5375 →656 times

  • עֵצִ֜יםwood<s>

    ʾetzimH6086 →328 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַשָּׂדֶ֗הthe field

    hasadehH7704 →334 times

  • וְלֹ֤אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • יַחְטְבוּ֙they will cut [it]

    yachtevuH2404 →

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַיְּעָרִ֔יםthe forests

    haiyearimH3293 →59 times

  • כִּ֥יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • בַנֶּ֖שֶׁקwith the weapon

    vaneshekH5402 →

  • יְבַֽעֲרוּ־they will kindle

    yevaaru-H1197 →94 times

  • אֵ֑שׁfire

    ʾeshH784 →378 times

  • וְשָׁלְל֣וּand they will plunder

    veshaluH7997 →16 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • שֹׁלְלֵיהֶ֗ם[those who] plundered them

    sholeleihemH7997 →16 times

  • וּבָֽזְזוּ֙and they will take as spoil

    uvazezuH962 →43 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בֹּ֣זְזֵיהֶ֔ם[those who] took as spoil them

    bozezeihemH962 →43 times

  • נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of

    neumH5002 →376 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֥י[the] Lord

    ʾadonaiH136 →440 times

  • יְהוִֽה׃ סYahweh

    yahwehH3069 →306 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Matthew 7:2

    For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

    it leads to

    • James 2:13

      For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

    • Mark 4:24

      He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.

    • Obadiah 1:15

      For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.

    • Luke 6:38

      Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured…

    • Psalms 18:25–26

      To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

  • Through

    Isaiah 14:2

    The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 61:5

      Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.

    • Isaiah 60:14

      The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy…

  • Through

    Isaiah 33:1

    Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 7:2

      For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Where this verse is studied

On this page

Studies2

About Ezekiel

Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.