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A smith hammers a repurposed farming blade above coals beside unfinished weapons.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Joel 4:10

Tools become weapons

Judgment and Refuge in Zion · Joel 4

Story guide: The smith works a farming blade beside unfinished weapons. The forge makes the command concrete: tools for cultivation are to become swords and spears as the nations prepare for war.

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10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”

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