“‘ Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling– the shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears– they will burn them for seven years.They will not need to take wood from the field or cut down trees from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons. They will take the loot from those who looted them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them, declares the sovereign LORD.
Now Elisha had a terminal illness. King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. He wept before him and said,“ My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!”
While Elisha was watching, he was crying out,“ My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!” Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two.
