⁸ God chose new leaders^(A)
    when war came to the city gates,^(B)
but not a shield or spear^(C) was seen
    among forty thousand in Israel.

⁹ He makes wars^(A) cease
    to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow^(B) and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields^[a] with fire.^(C)

¹⁰ Beat your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks^(A) into spears.^(B)
Let the weakling^(C) say,
    “I am strong!”^(D)

³ He will judge between many peoples
    and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.^(A)
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.^(B)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
    nor will they train for war^(C) anymore.^(D)