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Ezekiel 39:9

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shall go: Psalms 111:2-3; Isaiah 66:24; Malachi 1:5

and shall: Ezekiel 39:10; Joshua 11:6; Psalms 46:9; Zechariah 9:10

set on fire: The language here employed seems to intimate that the army of Gog will be cut off by miracle, as that of Sennacherib; for the people are described as going forth, not to fight and conquer, but merely to gather the spoil, and to destroy the weapons of war, as no longer of use., hand staves, or, javelins

and they: When the immense number and destruction of the invaders are considered, and also the little fuel comparatively which is necessary in warm climates, we may easily conceive of this being literally fulfilled.

burn them with fire: or, make a fire of them

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