Charles Spurgeon Commentary Micah 4:3

"and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off: and 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 any more." — Micah 4:3 (ASV)

And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

They will give up the study of the art of war. Their spirit will be softened, in many cases renewed by grace and then they will take to the useful arts; they will not throw away their swords but will beat them into plowshares; they will not hurl their spears into the earth but will bend them into scythes or pruning hooks.

Oh, that the day had come when the wealth and ingenuity and power of nations were used in the pursuits of peace instead of in the arts of war! This is the tendency of the kingdom of Christ, for wherever he comes, he makes peace. Nothing is more opposed to the spirit of Christianity than war; and when men are Christians, not in name only, but in deed and in truth, wars must cease.