Sentences with phrase «for plowshares»
A thousand generations since Cain clubbed his brother in some field, and a million cries for peace, for plowshares, say, and what's to show?
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On the other hand, the one true religion will remain for all time, for these ones have» beaten their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears.
Clapping trees, quaking mountains, hearts of stone exchanged for hearts of flesh, swords beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks — this is the colorful language of prophecy, which simultaneously comforts and disturbs, frightens and frees.
For yours is the kingdom in which all nations will one day be healed, all swords melted into plowshares and all tears wiped away for goFor yours is the kingdom in which all nations will one day be healed, all swords melted into plowshares and all tears wiped away for gofor good.
For example, Isaiah's portrait of shalom is when people «beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.»
Jewish theology aims for nothing less than the «beating of swords into plowshares.»
If there is a time for anything then it's time for turning our weapons into plowshares.
Muslims can not be counted as worshiping «the only true God», for they fail to use his personal name, Jehovah, but use the Aramaic word Allah, meaning «the God» and are as mixed with the «world» and violence as are the churches of Christendom and Jews, not having» beaten their swords into plowshares and spears into pruning shears» whereby «nation will not lift sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore».
He shall judge between many peoples, and shall arbitrate between strong nations far away; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more; but they shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees, and no one shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.
He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide for strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more; but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.
Now there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, «Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears»; but every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle....
Mr Goode is wearing many hats, as he is also known for his battles to save the plowshare, an endangered tortoise (read Slow and Steady in The New Yorker).