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Joel 3:10

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial

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KJV ORIGINAL

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Turn your farming tools into weapons — your plows into swords, your pruning shears into spears. Even if you're weak, declare 'I am strong.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

When it's time to fight, transform whatever you have into what you need and speak strength over yourself.

📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?

The book of Joel, attributed to the prophet Joel, was likely addressed to the people of Judah in Jerusalem during the post-exilic period, perhaps the

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He will settle disputes between nations and correct many peoples. They will hammer their swords into farming plows and turn their spears into tools for pruning trees. Nations will no longer fight against each other, and they won't train for war anymore.

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.

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