Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Joel 3:10 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Joel 3:10 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joel chapter 3 verse 10 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. pruninghooks: or, scythes”
Joel 3:10 (KJV)
Commentary on Joel 3:10
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears—this verse presents a devastating reversal of Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3, which prophesy messianic peace: "they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks." Isaiah and Micah envision eschatological peace when nations abandon warfare for agriculture. Joel inverts this, commanding nations to transform agricultural implements into weapons—converting tools of life and productivity into instruments of death and destruction. The Hebrew ittekhem (אִתֵּיכֶם, "plowshares") were iron plow blades; mazmerote...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Joel 3:10
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“and the house of David will be like God”
“and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares”
“and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares”
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“But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.,Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.,,,,,,,,”