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 nation, nor train anymore for war.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Isaiah 2

3 songs meet this passage

  • Knockin' On Heaven's Door · Bob Dylan

    resonates with Isaiah 2:4

    Weapons set down and buried mirrors the prophetic image of instruments of violence being relinquished at the end of a life or an age.

  • “How many times must the cannonballs fly”

    Blowin' In the Wind · Bob Dylan

    resonates with Isaiah 2:4

    Both picture a longing for the end of warfare, swords turned to plowshares, though the song stops short of naming who brings that peace.

  • “Bushmaster 223, Halb-Automatik”

    ich zahle gar nix · Haftbefehl

    strains against Isaiah 2:4

    Stockpiling weapons as status symbols runs against the prophetic vision of swords turned to plowshares.

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