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Joel 3:10

Judgment

8 I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

9 Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’

11 Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.

12 Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
KJV
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
WEB
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
ASV
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
DARBY
Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.
BLB
Beat your⁺ plowshares into swords, and your⁺ pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, ‘I [am] strong.’
ÅB
Smi deres hakker om til sverd og deres vingårdskniver til spyd! Den veke si: Jeg er en helt!
OTB
Smi plogskjærene om til sverd
og vingårdsknivene til spyd.
La den svake nå si: "Jeg er sterk!"
B1930
Smi eders hakker om til sverd og eders vingårdskniver til spyd! Den veke si: Jeg er en helt!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zechariah 12:8

    On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

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  • Micah 4:3

    Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.

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  • Isaiah 2:4

    Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.

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  • 2 Chronicles 25:8

    Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”

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  • Luke 22:36

    “Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.

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