Isaiah 2:4

He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, ¹  and their spears into pruning hooks. ²  Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.

1Sa 2:10; Ps 46:9; Ps 72:3-7; Ps 82:8; Ps 96:13; Ps 110:6; Isa 9:7; Isa 11:3,4; Isa 11:6-9; Isa 60:17,18; Ho 2:18; Joe 3:10; Mic 4:3; Zec 9:10; Joh 16:8-11; Ac 17:31; Re 19:11

¹ sn Instead of referring to the large plow as a whole, the plowshare is simply the metal tip which actually breaks the earth and cuts the furrow.

² sn This implement was used to prune the vines, i.e., to cut off extra leaves and young shoots (H. Wildberger, Isaiah, 1:93; M. Klingbeil, NIDOTTE 1:1117-18). It was a short knife with a curved hook at the end sharpened on the inside like a sickle. Breaking weapons and fashioning agricultural implements indicates a transition from fear and stress to peace and security.