Thematic Bible: The pruning-hook


Thematic Bible



For before harvest, when the flower is perfect, And the blossom is producing unripe fruit, Then hath one cut the sprigs with pruning hooks, And the branches he hath turned aside, cut down. Verse ConceptsPruningKnivesToolsCutting Off Branches

Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, 'I am mighty.' Verse ConceptsPruningSpearsToolsWeakness, SpiritualAmbivalenceNo Strength To Cope