Psalms 46:9
He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in two. He burns the chariots in the fire.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8Come, behold the works of LORD, what desolations he has made in the earth.
Cross References
Joshua 11:6And LORD said to Joshua, Be not afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this time I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. Thou shall hock their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength.
Psalms 76:3There he broke the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
Isaiah 10:23For a full end, and that determined, the Lord, LORD of hosts, will make in the midst of all the earth.
Isaiah 60:18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, desolation nor destruction within thy borders, but thou shall call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Ezekiel 39:9And those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the hand staves, and the spears. And they shall make fir
Matthew Henry on Psalms 46:7-11
Confidence in God. 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 8 Come, behold the works of the Lord , what desolations he hath made in the earth. 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The Lord… Read the whole commentary →