Translations
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
He makes wars cease to the ends of the land; He shatters the bow and severs the spear in two, He burns the war-chariots with fire.
He brings wars to an end throughout all the earth; He shatters the bow and severs the spear in two, He burns the chariots in fire.
He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
Footnotes
The three weapons—bow, spear, and agalot (wagons or war-chariots)—represent the full offensive arsenal of ancient Near Eastern warfare. Their destruction is not metaphorical but visceral: shattered, severed, burned. The burning of chariots deliberately echoes the obliteration of Pharaoh's chariot force at the sea (Ex. 14–15) and anticipates the eschatological disarmament of Gog's armies in Ezekiel 39:9–10, where Israel burns captured weapons for seven years. YHWH does not merely win wars—He abolishes the instruments of war itself.
