Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weakling say, “I am a warrior.” — Joel 3:10 or 4:10 in the Masoretic system. This is the opposite of what Micah says in Micah 4:3 (see below).
Bible verse Isaiah 2:4 written on a wall across the street from the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn ...
"They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. One nation will not raise the sword against another; nor will they train for war again." [85] Certain scriptural passages even suggest that God will abolish the current natural laws in favor of immortality and total peace:
Swords to Plowshares 50th Anniversary Celebration Thursday, November 7th, 2024 6:00PM to 10:00PM The Green Room at the War Memorial Building 401 Van Ness Ave San Francisco, CA 94102 About Swords to Plowshares Swords to Plowshares is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting underserved veterans through comprehensive services including ...
Joel 3:10 / 4:10 is a variation of Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3's prophecy, "They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks", [27] instead commanding, "Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears." [28]
These plowshares represent peaceful use of wartime capabilities. On the other hand, the Book of Joel uses the phrase in reverse, "Beat your plowshares into swords". However, in classical antiquity during the Battle of Marathon , many Persians were slain by a deadly plowshare-wielding ally who appeared suddenly on the side of the ancient Athenians .
On September 9, 1980, Daniel Berrigan, his brother Philip Berrigan, and six others (the "Plowshares Eight") began the Plowshares Movement under the premise of beating swords to ploughshares. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] They trespassed onto the General Electric Re-entry Division [ 6 ] in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania , where Mark 12A reentry vehicles [ 7 ] for ...
Churches in metro Detroit to turn guns into plowshares through buyback programs. Gannett. Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press. June 18, 2024 at 6:02 PM.