Isaiah 2:4

New Living Translation

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.

Cross References

Psalm 110:6

He will punish the nations and fill their lands with corpses; he will shatter heads over the whole earth.

Psalm 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world.”

Psalm 46:9

He causes wars to end throughout the earth. He breaks the bow and snaps the spear; he burns the shields with fire.

Psalm 82:8

Rise up, O God, and judge the earth, for all the nations belong to you.

Psalm 96:13

before the Lord, for he is coming! He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice, and the nations with his truth.

Isaiah 32:17

And this righteousness will bring peace. Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.

Isaiah 32:18

My people will live in safety, quietly at home. They will be at rest.

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord is our judge, our lawgiver, and our king. He will care for us and save us.

Isaiah 42:1

“Look at my servant, whom I strengthen. He is my chosen one, who pleases me. I have put my Spirit upon him. He will bring justice to the nations.

Isaiah 42:3

He will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle. He will bring justice to all who have been wronged.

Isaiah 9:5

The boots of the warrior and the uniforms bloodstained by war will all be burned. They will be fuel for the fire.

Isaiah 9:7

His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen!

Hosea 2:18

On that day I will make a covenant with all the wild animals and the birds of the sky and the animals that scurry along the ground so they will not harm you. I will remove all weapons of war from the land, all swords and bows, so you can live unafraid in peace and safety.

Hosea 2:20

I will be faithful to you and make you mine, and you will finally know me as the Lord.

Joel 3:10

Hammer your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Train even your weaklings to be warriors.

Joel 3:12

“Let the nations be called to arms. Let them march to the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I, the Lord, will sit to pronounce judgment on them all.

Micah 4:3

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.

Zechariah 9:10

I will remove the battle chariots from Israel and the warhorses from Jerusalem. I will destroy all the weapons used in battle, and your king will bring peace to the nations. His realm will stretch from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

Acts 17:31

For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead.”

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw heaven opened, and a white horse was standing there. Its rider was named Faithful and True, for he judges fairly and wages a righteous war.

1 Samuel 2:10

Those who fight against the Lord will be shattered. He thunders against them from heaven; the Lord judges throughout the earth. He gives power to his king; he increases the strength of his anointed one.”