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For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. – —
The Plowshares movement takes its name from the idea of beating swords to ploughshares in the Book of Isaiah: And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the L ORD , to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and ...
The work alludes to a passage from the Book of Isaiah in which the ancient Israelite prophet envisions a future when people "shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more" (Isaiah 2:4; cf. Micah 4:3).
Project Ploughshares takes its name from Isaiah 2:4 where it is written "God shall judge between the nations, and shall decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war any more."
Swords to Plowshares 50th Anniversary Celebration Thursday, November 7th, 2024 6:00PM to 10:00PM The Green Room at the War Memorial Building 401 Van Ness Ave San Francisco, CA 94102 About Swords to Plowshares Swords to Plowshares is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting underserved veterans through comprehensive services including ...
In 1959, a bronze statue promoting the slogan Let Us Beat Swords into Ploughshares was donated by the Soviet Union to the United Nations. It was sculpted by Evgeniy Vuchetich to represent the human wish to end all wars by converting the weapons of death and destruction into peaceful and productive tools that are more beneficial to mankind. [10]
Faith leaders and gun activists held a press conference to announce their plans to destroy and transform unwanted firearms, during the Blessing of the Chop Saws event at St. David’s Episcopal ...
The moshav was founded in 1947 by demobilised soldiers from the British and Czechoslovak Army.Its name is taken [2] from the Book of Isaiah, 2:4; . And He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.