Micah 4:3

New Century Version

The Lord will judge many nations; he will make decisions about strong nations that are far away. They will hammer their swords into plow blades and their spears into hooks for trimming trees. Nations will no longer raise swords against other nations; they will not train for war anymore.

Cross References

Psalm 46:10

God says, “Be still and know that I am God. I will be praised in all the nations; I will be praised throughout the earth.”

Psalm 46:9

He stops wars everywhere on the earth. He breaks all bows and spears and burns up the chariots with fire.

Psalm 72:3

Let there be peace on the mountains and goodness on the hills for the people.

Psalm 72:7

Let goodness be plentiful while he lives. Let peace continue as long as there is a moon.

Psalm 82:8

God, come and judge the earth, because you own all the nations.

Psalm 96:13

before the Lord, because he is coming. He is coming to judge the world; he will judge the world with fairness and the peoples with truth.

Psalm 98:9

Let them sing before the Lord, because he is coming to judge the world. He will judge the world fairly; he will judge the peoples with fairness.

Isaiah 2:4

He will settle arguments among the nations and will make decisions for many nations. Then they will make their swords into plows and their spears into hooks for trimming trees. Nations will no longer fight other nations, nor will they train for war anymore.

Isaiah 25:3

People from powerful nations will honor you; cruel people from strong cities will fear you.

Isaiah 51:5

I will soon show that I do what is right. I will soon save you. I will use my power and judge all nations. All the faraway places are waiting for me; they wait for my power to help them.

Isaiah 60:12

The nation or kingdom that doesn’t serve you will be destroyed; it will be completely ruined.

Isaiah 65:25

Wolves and lambs will eat together in peace. Lions will eat hay like oxen, and a snake on the ground will not hurt anyone. They will not hurt or destroy each other on all my holy mountain,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 9:7

Power and peace will be in his kingdom and will continue to grow forever. He will rule as king on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom. He will make it strong by ruling with justice and goodness from now on and forever. The Lord All-Powerful will do this because of his strong love for his people.

Daniel 2:44

“During the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up another kingdom that will never be destroyed or given to another group of people. This kingdom will crush all the other kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will continue forever.

Hosea 2:18

At that time I will make an agreement for them with the wild animals, the birds, and the crawling things. I will smash from the land the bow and the sword and the weapons of war, so my people will live in safety.

Hosea 2:20

I will be true to you as my promised bride, and you will know the Lord.

Joel 3:2

I will gather all the nations together and bring them down into the Valley Where the Lord Judges. There I will judge them, because those nations scattered my own people Israel and forced them to live in other nations. They divided up my land

Micah 5:15

In my anger and rage, I will pay back the nations that have not listened.”

Zechariah 14:3

Then the Lord will go to war against those nations; he will fight as in a day of battle.

Zechariah 8:20

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Many people from many cities will still come to Jerusalem.

Zechariah 9:10

I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the horses from Jerusalem. The bows used in war will be broken. The king will talk to the nations about peace. His kingdom will go from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

Acts 17:31

God has set a day that he will judge all the world with fairness, by the man he chose long ago. And God has proved this to everyone by raising that man from the dead!”

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw heaven opened, and there before me was a white horse. The rider on the horse is called Faithful and True, and he is right when he judges and makes war.

1 Samuel 2:10

The Lord destroys his enemies; he will thunder in heaven against them. The Lord will judge all the earth. He will give power to his king and make his appointed king strong.”