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.
• 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!
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Now, O sword of the Lord, when will you be at rest again? Go back into your sheath; rest and be still.

Context of Jeremiah 47:6

4For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines and to remove all survivors who could help Tyre and Sidon. The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor. 5Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. You remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves? “ ‘Alas, sword of the Lord, how long till you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still.’ 7But how can it rest when the Lord has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”

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 12:12Over all the barren heights in the desert destroyers will swarm, for the sword of the Lord will devour from one end of the land to the other; no one will be safe.
• Jeremiah 15:3“I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” declares the Lord, “the sword to kill and the dogs to drag away and the birds and the wild animals to devour and destroy.
• Jeremiah 25:27“Then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword I will send among you.’
• Jeremiah 51:20“You are my war club, my weapon for battle— with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms,
• Deuteronomy 32:41when I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and repay those who hate me.
• Psalms 17:13Rise up, Lord, confront them, bring them down; with your sword rescue me from the wicked.
• Isaiah 10:5“Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
• Ezekiel 14:17“Or if I bring a sword against that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass throughout the land,’ and I kill its people and their animals,
• Ezekiel 21:3and say to her: ‘This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
• Jeremiah 4:21How long must I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
• Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and birds have perished. Moreover, the people are saying, “He will not see what happens to us.”
• 2 Samuel 2:26Abner called out to Joab, “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will end in bitterness? How long before you order your men to stop pursuing their fellow Israelites?”
• 1 Chronicles 21:27Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.
• Ezekiel 21:30“ ‘Let the sword return to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your ancestry, I will judge you.
• John 18:11Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the 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