Psalms 46:9
He maketh warres to cease vnto the endes of the world: he breaketh the bowe and cutteth the speare, and burneth the chariots with fire.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
8Come, and behold the workes of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
Cross References
Joshua 11:6Then the Lord sayd vnto Ioshua, Be not afrayd for them: for to morowe about this time will I deliuer them all slaine before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burne their charets with fire.
1 Samuel 2:4The bow and the mightie men are broken, and the weake haue girded themselues with strength.
Psalms 76:3There brake he the arrowes of the bowe, the shielde and the sword and the battell. Selah.
Isaiah 10:23For the Lord God of hostes shall make the consumption, euen determined, in the middes of all the land.
Isaiah 60:18Violence shall no more be heard of in thy land, neither desolation, nor destruction within thy borders: but thou shalt call saluation, thy walles, and praise, thy gates.
Ezekiel 39:9And they that dwell in the cities of Israel, shall goe forth, and shall burne and set fire vpon the weapons, and on the shieldes, and bucklers, vpon the bowes, and vpon the arrowes, and vpon the staues in their handes, and vpon the speares, and they shall burne them with fire seuen yeeres.
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 →