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Isaiah 9:5
ESV For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
NIV Every warrior’s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, will be fuel for the fire.
NASB For every boot of the marching warrior in the roar of battle, And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire.
CSB For every trampling boot of battle and the bloodied garments of war will be burned as fuel for the fire.
NLT The boots of the warrior and the uniforms bloodstained by war will all be burned. They will be fuel for the fire.
KJV 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.
NKJV For every warrior’s sandal from the noisy battle, And garments rolled in blood, Will be used for burning and fuel of fire.

What does Isaiah 9:5 mean?

The prophet Isaiah is describing a future when the Lord will return glory to Israel. He has prophesied that God's people are about to enter a period of great darkness due to their unbelief and rejection of Him (Isaiah 8:22). That darkness will not be the end of the story, though. A great light will come, and all the people will live in security and with abundance (Isaiah 9:2–3). The Lord will break the oppression of Israel's enemies (Isaiah 9:4).

Now Isaiah adds that the end of that oppression will not lead to more oppression. This will bring the end of all oppression. The devices of war will be destroyed. The description he provides echoes what he wrote in chapter 2 about the kingdom of the Lord on earth:
"they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore" --Isaiah 2:4.

To put it even more plainly, the Lord, reigning as king on earth, will bring lasting peace by bringing an end to war itself. Israel will rest secure and thriving, without fear of future enemies.
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