And he shall judge between many peoples, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Judge, or "rule "(Judges viii. 22.) as Christ does over all. (Calmet)
Plough-shares. Hebrew, "scythes "(Haydock) or "coulters. "(Worthington) (Mart. xiv. 34.) (Calmet)
Learn 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 vi. (Worthington)
When Christ appeared, the Roman empire enjoyed peace. (Calmet)
Aspera tum positis mite scent sæcula bellis (Virgil, Æneid i.)
Neither shall they learn: 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.