Psalms 46:9 - Exposition

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth (comp. Isaiah 2:4 ; Isaiah 11:9 ; Isaiah 65:25 ). Each great deliverance effected by God is followed naturally by a term of peace (comp. 3:11 , 3:30 ; 5:31 ; 8:28 ; "and the land had rest twenty, forty, eighty years"), each such term being typical of the final peace, when God shall have put down all enemies under Messiah's feet. He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder ; i.e. he destroys all offensive weapons, so that none may "hurt or destroy in all his holy mountain" ( Isaiah 11:9 ). He burneth the chariot in the fire. War-chariots were largely employed by the Assyrians, and formed the main strength of the army of Sennacherib ( 2 Kings 19:23 ).