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Isaiah 2:4

Isaiah 2:4 judge H8199 (H8804) nations H1471 rebuke H3198 (H8689) many H7227 people H5971 beat H3807 (H8765) swords H2719 plowshares H855 spears H2595 hooks H4211 Nation H1471 up H5375 (H8799) sword H2719 nation H1471 learn H3925 (H8799) war H4421

And he - Isaiah 11:3-4; 1 Samuel 2:10; Psalms 82:8, Psalms 96:13, Psalms 110:6; John 16:8-11; Acts 17:31; Revelation 19:11

and they - Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 11:6-9; Psalms 46:9; Hosea 2:18; Joel 3:10; Micah 4:3; Zechariah 9:10

pruninghooks - or, scythes

neither - Isaiah 60:17-18; Psalms 72:3-7

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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