Joel 3:10 BSB — MannaFest

Joel 3:10

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

BSB

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ASV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Beat your plowshares into swords - Peace had been already promised, as a blessing of the gospel. “In His days,” foretold Solomon, “shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace, so long as the moon endureth” Psa 72:7. And another, “He maketh thy borders peace” Psa 147:14. Peace within with God flows forth in peace with man. “Righteousness and peace kissed each other” Psa 85:10. Where there is not rest in God, all is unrest. And so, all which was needful for life, the means of subsistence, care of health, were to be forgotten for war.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When the hour of God's judgment shall come effectual methods shall be taken to gather all nations to the battle of that great day of God Almighty, Rev. xvi. It seems to be here spoken ironically: " Proclaim you this among the Gentiles; let all the forces of the nations be summoned to join in confederacy against God and his people." It is like that, Isa. vii.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כֹּ֤תּוּ	Ko.tu	beat	H3807 →
אִתֵּיכֶם֙	'i.tei.Khem	plowshares your	H855 →
לַֽחֲרָב֔וֹת	la.cha.ra.Vot	into swords	H2719 →
וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם	u.maz.me.ro.tei.Khem	and pruning knives your	H4211 →
לִרְמָחִ֑ים	lir.ma.Chim	into spears	H7420 →
הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁ	ha.cha.Lash	the weak [man]	H2523 →
יֹאמַ֖ר	yo.Mar	let him say	H559 →
גִּבּ֥וֹר	gi.Bor	[am] a warrior	H1368 →
אָֽנִי׃	'A.ni	I	H589 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H1368gibor[am] a warrior158×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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…
leads to
- Hosea 2:18
  On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 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…
- Isaiah 11:6–9
  The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
- Zechariah 9:10
  And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend…
- Isaiah 60:17–18
  Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness…
Through
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…
leads to
- 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…
- Joel 3:9–16
  Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
Through
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.”
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 14:11
  Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Joel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Joel