Ezekiel 39:9-10

Ezekiel 39:9-10

[9] 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:  [10] 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  them, and rob  them, saith  the Lord  GOD. 

What does Ezekiel 39:9-10 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

After the Lord destroyed the forces of Gog, the Israelites would use the enemy"s numerous implements of warfare for fuel for seven years. The Israelites would not need to burn traditional fuel because there would be so many old weapons and implements left to burn. They would also take as spoil what the invaders had brought into the land when they came to despoil the Israelites. God would turn the tables on the invaders.
As in much apocalyptic prophecy (cf. the Book of Revelation), the Lord revealed to His prophet what would take place in pictures that were familiar to him (i.e, contextualized revelation). This language does not preclude the use of modern implements of warfare in the fulfillment. Here the meaning seems to be that there would be so much combustible material utilized in the invasion that the Israelites would burn it for seven years.