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Isaiah 9:5
For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Isaiah addresses Judah immediately after describing a military deliverance, declaring that all enemy war boots and blood-soaked garments will be consumed by fire.
The words — מְגֹלָלָה (megolalah) translates literally to "rolled" or "wrapped," describing a cloak stained with blood, while סְאֹן (se'on) denotes a high military boot.
The thread — The image of burning military equipment appears in Psalms 46:9 where God burns shields in fire, Isaiah 30:33 where a deep pyre is prepared for the king, and 2 Thessalonians 1:8 where blazing fire executes divine vengeance.
Why it lands — The text states that violent warfare and its trophies are temporary and destined for destruction, then infers that a coming ruler will establish a permanent government that ends conflict.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
Cross-references
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8 in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- Psalms 46:9 He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- Isaiah 30:33 For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
- Ezekiel 39:8 Yes, it is coming, and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD. This is the day of which I have spoken.
- Isaiah 4:4 when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
- Isaiah 10:16 Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.
- Isaiah 66:15 For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
- Joel 2:5 With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.
- Nahum 3:2 The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
- Malachi 3:2 But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.