Jeremiah 47:6

Jeremiah 47:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Alas, sword of the Lord, how long till you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Ah, sword of the Lord! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still!
• New King James Version (NKJV)“O you sword of the Lord, How long until you are quiet? Put yourself up into your scabbard, Rest and be still!

Context of Jeremiah 47:6

4The time has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon any Philistine who might have escaped to get help. The Lord will destroy the Philistines and anyone who is left from the island of Crete. 5Gaza will shave its head in mourning. Ashkelon will be destroyed. How long will you cut yourselves, you people left on the plains? You cry out, “Sword of the Lord, how long will you keep on fighting? Go back into your scabbard. Stay there and rest!” 7How can the sword of the Lord rest? The Lord has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast. He has put it there.

Jeremiah 47:6 word by word

ה֗וֹי חֶ֚רֶב לַֽיהוָ֔ה עַד־אָ֖נָה לֹ֣א תִשְׁקֹ֑טִי הֵאָֽסְפִי֙ אַל־תַּעְרֵ֔ךְ הֵרָגְעִ֖י וָדֹֽמִּי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Oהוֹיhôy · woe!H1945
• thou swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• ereלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• thou be quietשָׁקַטshâqaţ · to quietH8252
• put upאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• thyself into thy scabbardתַּ֫עַרta‛ar · razorH8593
• restרָגַעrâga‛ · to restH7280
• and be stillדָּמַםdâmam · to silence: stationaryH1826

Cross-references for Jeremiah 47:6

• Jeremiah 12:12Looters swarm all over the bare hills in the desert. The Lord’s sword destroys them from one end of the land to the other. No one will be safe.
• Jeremiah 15:3“I will devise four ways to punish them,” declares the Lord. “I will send swords to kill, dogs to drag away, and birds and animals to devour and destroy.
• Jeremiah 25:27⌞The Lord said,⌟ “Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk, vomit, fall down, and don’t get up because of the wars that I’m going to send you.’
• Jeremiah 51:20“You are my war club and my weapon for battle. I will use you to crush nations. I will use you to destroy kingdoms.
• Deuteronomy 32:41I will sharpen my flashing sword and take justice into my own hands. Then I will take revenge on my enemies and pay back those who hate me.
• Psalms 17:13Arise, O Lord; confront them! Bring them to their knees! With your sword rescue my life from wicked people.
• Isaiah 10:5“How horrible it will be for Assyria! It is the rod of my anger. My fury is the staff in the Assyrians’ hands.
• Ezekiel 14:17“Suppose I bring a war against that country by saying, ‘I will let a war go throughout this country.’ Suppose I destroy the people and the animals in it.
• Ezekiel 21:3Tell the land of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will take my sword out of its scabbard and kill the righteous people and the wicked people among you.
• Jeremiah 4:21How long must I see the battle flag and hear the sound of rams’ horns?
• Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land mourn? How long will the plants in every field remain dried up? The animals and the birds are dying, because people are wicked. They think that God doesn’t know what they are doing.
• 2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called to Joab, “Should this slaughter go on forever? Don’t you know this will end in bitterness? How long will it be before you will call off your troops from chasing their relatives?”
• 1 Chronicles 21:27So the Lord spoke to the Messenger, and he put his sword back in its scabbard.
• Ezekiel 21:30“ ‘Return your sword to its scabbard. In the place where you were created, in the land where you were born, there I will judge you.
• John 18:11Jesus told Peter, “Put your sword away. Shouldn’t I drink the cup ⌞of suffering⌟ that my Father has given me?”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 47:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6O thou sword of the Lord - This is a most grand prosopopoeia - a dialogue between the sword of the Lord and the prophet. Nothing can be imagined more sublime. Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still - Shed no more blood, destroy no more lives, erase no more cities, desolate no more countries. Rest: - hast thou not been long enough at this work of judgment? O be still: - let wars and desolations cease for ever.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6O sword of the LORD: God used the Babylonians to carry out his justice. This request might have come from the Philistine cities under attack by the Babylonians. The people wanted the attacks to stop.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Jeremiah, in the person of the Philistines afflicting themselves (Jr 47:5), apostrophizes the "sword of the Lord," entreating mercy (compare De 32:41; Eze 21:3-5, 9, 10). up thyself--Hebrew, "Gather thyself," that is, retire or return.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 47:6

• War

In the dictionaries

• Prophecy
• Rumbling
• Armor; Arms
• Ephai
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)
• War; Warfare

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