Psalm 46:9
New Living Translation
9 He causes wars to end throughout the earth.
He breaks the bow and snaps the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
Isaiah 2:4
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4 The Lord will mediate between nations
and will settle international disputes.
They will hammer their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will no longer fight against nation,
nor train for war anymore.
Micah 4:3-4
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3 The Lord will mediate between peoples
and will settle disputes between strong nations far away.
They will hammer their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will no longer fight against nation,
nor train for war anymore.
4 Everyone will live in peace and prosperity,
enjoying their own grapevines and fig trees,
for there will be nothing to fear.
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies
has made this promise!
Micah 5:10
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10 “In that day,” says the Lord,
“I will slaughter your horses
and destroy your chariots.
Isaiah 60:18
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18 Violence will disappear from your land;
the desolation and destruction of war will end.
Salvation will surround you like city walls,
and praise will be on the lips of all who enter there.
Isaiah 11:9
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9 Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,
for as the waters fill the sea,
so the earth will be filled with people who know the Lord.
Psalm 76:3-6
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3 There he has broken the fiery arrows of the enemy,
the shields and swords and weapons of war. Interlude
4 You are glorious and more majestic
than the everlasting mountains.[a]
5 Our boldest enemies have been plundered.
They lie before us in the sleep of death.
No warrior could lift a hand against us.
6 At the blast of your breath, O God of Jacob,
their horses and chariots lay still.
Footnotes
- 76:4 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads than mountains filled with beasts of prey.
1 Samuel 2:4
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4 The bow of the mighty is now broken,
and those who stumbled are now strong.
Joshua 11:9
New Living Translation
9 Then Joshua crippled the horses and burned all the chariots, as the Lord had instructed.
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Joshua 11:6
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6 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow I will hand all of them over to Israel as dead men. Then you must cripple their horses and burn their chariots.”
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Ezekiel 39:9-10
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9 “Then the people in the towns of Israel will go out and pick up your small and large shields, bows and arrows, javelins and spears, and they will use them for fuel. There will be enough to last them seven years! 10 They won’t need to cut wood from the fields or forests, for these weapons will give them all the fuel they need. They will plunder those who planned to plunder them, and they will rob those who planned to rob them, says the Sovereign Lord.
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Ezekiel 39:3
New Living Translation
3 I will knock the bow from your left hand and the arrows from your right hand, and I will leave you helpless.
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