"Whenyou approacha cityto fightagainstit, you shall offerit termsof peace.
Creatingthe praiseof the lips.Peace,peaceto him who is farand to him who is near,"Saysthe LORD,"and I will healhim."
I will cutoffthe chariotfrom EphraimAnd the horsefrom Jerusalem;And the bowof warwill be cutoff.And He will speakpeaceto the nations;And His dominionwill be from seato sea,And from the Riverto the endsof the earth.
"The wordwhichHe sentto the sonsof Israel,preachingpeacethroughJesusChrist(He is Lordof all)--
Nowall [these] thingsare from God,whoreconciledus to HimselfthroughChristand gaveus the ministryof reconciliation,
AND HE CAMEAND PREACHEDPEACETO YOU WHOWERE FAR AWAY,AND PEACETO THOSEWHO WERE NEAR;
"So I sentmessengersfrom the wildernessof Kedemothto Sihonkingof Heshbonwith wordsof peace,saying,
"Ifit agreesto makepeacewith you and opensto you, then allthe peoplewho are foundin it shall becomeyour forcedlaborand shall serveyou.
"When the officershave finishedspeakingto the people,they shall appointcommandersof armiesat the headof the people.
Now Jephthahsentmessengersto the kingof the sonsof Ammon,saying,"Whatis between you and me, that you have cometo me to fightagainst my land?"
Then the wholecongregationsent[word] and spoketo the sonsof Benjaminwhowere at the rockof Rimmon,and proclaimedpeaceto them.
