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Psalms 46:9

\46:8\Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has made in the earth.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8\46:7\The Lord of armies is with us; the God of Jacob is our high tower. (Selah.)

10\46:9\He puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the bow is broken, and the spear cut in two, and the carriage burned in the fire.

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Cross References

Joshua 11:6And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them: for tomorrow at this time I will give them all up dead before Israel; you are to have the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.

1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the men of war are broken, and the feeble are clothed with strength.

Psalms 76:3\76:2\In Salem is his tent, his resting-place in Zion.

Isaiah 10:23For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to make destruction complete in all the land.

Isaiah 60:18Violent acts will no longer be seen in your land, wasting or destruction in your limits; but your walls will be named, Salvation, and your doors Praise.

Ezekiel 39:9And those who are living in the towns of Israel will go out and make fires of the instruments of war, burning the body-covers and the breastplates, the bows and the arrows and the sticks and the spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them:

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 →

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Study Psalms 46:9

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