Do you ever say things which—without consideration of the times and circumstances—would seem to be contradictory? So does the Bible. Consider the following Old Testament examples: Isaiah 2:4: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks.” (Micah 4:3 is identical). Beating Swords into Plowshares sculpture by Yevgeny Vuchetich, 1959 Joel… SWORDS AND SPEARS, PLOWSHARES AND PRUNING HOOKS