KJV ORIGINAL
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:
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
The people living in Israel's cities will come out and make huge bonfires with all the enemy weapons — shields, armor, bows, arrows, clubs, spears, everything. There'll be so much military gear left behind that they'll be burning it for fuel for seven straight years.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When God wins the battle, there's so much enemy equipment left over it becomes free heating fuel for seven years.
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