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Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Beat your plowshares into swords - Peace had already been promised as a blessing of the gospel. In His days, foretold Solomon,

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Beat your plowshares ...—When the contest was over, and the victory of the Lord achieved, Micah foresaw the reversal of this order…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Some think these words were announced so that the people, terrified by their evils, would not become completely dejected. They derive this meaning:…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning hooks
into spears
Let not only s…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here is a challenge to all the enemies of God's people. There is no escaping God's judgments; hardened sinners, in that day of wrath, will be cut o…

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