and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 3. Judge, or “rule” (Judges 8:22) as Christ does over all. Calmet.—Plough-shares. Hebrew “scythes,” ( Bible.) or “coulters.” Worthington. Mart. xiv. 34. Calmet.—Learn, and so forth The law of Christ is a law of peace; and all his true subjects, as much as lies in them, love and keep peace with all the world. Challoner.—They will sustain injuries meekly. 1 Corinthians 6. Worthington.—When Christ appeared, the Roman empire enjoyed peace. Calmet.—Aspera tum positis mitescent sæcula bellis, and so forth Æn. i.