Jeremiah 47:7

Jeremiah 47:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
• New International Version (NIV)But how can it rest when the Lord has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)How can it be quiet when the Lord has given it a charge? Against Ashkelon and against the seashore he has appointed it."
• New King James Version (NKJV)How can it be quiet, Seeing the Lord has given it a charge Against Ashkelon and against the seashore? There He has appointed it.”

Context of Jeremiah 47:7

5The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself? 6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’ How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”

Jeremiah 47:7 word by word

אֵ֣יךְ תִּשְׁקֹ֔טִי וַֽיהוָ֖ה צִוָּה־לָ֑הּ אֶֽל־אַשְׁקְל֛וֹן וְאֶל־ח֥וֹף הַיָּ֖ם שָׁ֥ם יְעָדָֽהּ׃ סRead the interlinear

• Howאֵיךְ'êyk 'êykâh 'êykâkâh · how?H349
• can it restשָׁקַטshâqaţ · to quietH8252
• when the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• He has appointed itיָעַדyâ‛ad · to appointH3259
• againstאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Ashkelonאַשְׁקְלוֹן'ashqelôn · AshkelonH831
• and the shoreחוֹףchôph · coastH2348
• of its coastlandיָםyâm · seaH3220
• of its coastlandשָׁםshâm · thereH8033

Cross-references for Jeremiah 47:7

• 1 Samuel 15:3Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
• Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
• Isaiah 13:3I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.
• Isaiah 37:26Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
• Isaiah 45:1This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
• Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
• Ezekiel 14:17Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
• Amos 3:6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
• Ezekiel 25:16therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.
• Zephaniah 2:6So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.
• Micah 6:9The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 47:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7How can it be quiet - This is the answer of the Sword. I am the officer of God's judgments, and he has given me a commission against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore; all the coast where the Philistines have their territories. The measure of their iniquities is full; and these God hath appointed this sword to ravage. The Philistines were ever the implacable enemies of the Jews, and the basest and worst of all idolaters. On these accounts the sword of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The punishment would continue for a while. The judge had made his decision, and his mission was clear: Ashkelon must be destroyed.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Jeremiah, from addressing the sword in the second person, turns to his hearers and speaks of it in the third person. Lord ... given it a charge--(Eze 14:17). the sea-shore--the strip of land between the mountains and Mediterranean, held by the Philistines: "their valley" (see on Jr 47:5). there hath he appointed it--(Mi 6:9). There hath He ordered it to rage.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 47:7

• Ashkelon
• War

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings