Isaiah 2:4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 [a]He shall judge between the nations,
and set terms for many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks;(A)
One nation shall not raise the sword against another,
nor shall they train for war again.(B)
Footnotes
- 2:4 Once the nations acknowledge God as sovereign, they go up to Jerusalem to settle their disputes, rather than having recourse to war.
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