Fig. 4.53—“Swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” Sword and lance blade from 14th century B.C. from Tell el-Borg, Egypt. Photo by James K. Hoffmeier The announcement that the temple would be destroyed and Zion plowed up like a field was quoted above. This was surely a provocative thing for a prophet to say. In the minds of most Judeans, Jerusalem was sacrosanct and protected by the Yahweh himself. As long as the LORD was in his temple (Mic. 1:2), it was thought Jerusalem