Swords and Plowshares
The phrase, to beat swords into plowshares, appears twice in the Bible: Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3 both say: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and 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.
But then there is Joel 3:9-10: …Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.
So then, which shall it be?
Gramma Windy
