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# He makes wars cease
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"He makes nations stop fighting wars"
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# to the ends of the earth
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This is an idiom that refers to everywhere in the word. Alternate translation: "everywhere in the world" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# he breaks the bow ... burns up the shields
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One way in which Yahweh will make all wars to cease is by destroying the weapons that the armies use to fight one another.
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# shields
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Some versions understand this Hebrew word as "chariots." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-textvariants]])
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