KJV ORIGINAL
And he shall judge among many people, 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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
He's going to settle disputes between nations and call out even the most powerful countries when they're wrong. They'll literally turn their weapons into farming tools — swords become plows, spears become pruning shears. Countries won't fight each other anymore, and no one will even bother learning how to make war.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God's endgame? A world where weapons become gardening tools and war becomes obsolete.
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