Sentences with phrase «plowshares instead»

In the prophetic promises of shalom there was usually the element of the reversal of the present situation: plenty instead of want, healing instead of disease, security instead of constant danger, return to the land instead of being scattered over the earth, plowshares instead of swords.

Not exact matches

But I instead entertained my own wishes that I hoped would reflect the ancient idea, «The turned their swords into plowshares.»