John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 39:10
Eze 39:10 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 those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 10. So that they shall take no wood. ] This must needs be hyperbolic, as are also sundry other passages in Holy Scripture. When Luther burnt the Pope’s decrees and decretals at Wittemberg, it was a fair fire doubtless, as Solon once said of the fire... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 39:9
Eze 39:9 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: Ver. 9. And they that dwell. ] Hyperbolical expressions; though the Jews hold otherwise. See on Ezekiel 39:1 . Shall set on fire and burn the weapons. ] Do not the Church’s champions so at this day, ever since they proclaimed and proved the... read more