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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)“But how can it be still when the Lord has sent it on a mission? For the city of Ashkelon and the people living along the sea must be destroyed.”

Context of Jeremiah 47:7

5Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. You remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves? 6“ ‘Alas, sword of the Lord, how long till you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still.’ But how can it rest when the Lord has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”

Jeremiah 47:7 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• How can it be quietשָׁקַטshâqaţ · to quietH8252
• seeing the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath given it a chargeצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• against Ashkelonאַשְׁקְלוֹן'ashqelôn · AshkelonH831
• and against the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• shoreחוֹףchôph · coastH2348
• there hath he appointedיָעַדyâ‛ad · to appointH3259

Cross-references for Jeremiah 47:7

• 1 Samuel 15:3Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”
• Isaiah 10:6I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
• Isaiah 13:3I have commanded those I prepared for battle; I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath— those who rejoice in my triumph.
• Isaiah 37:26“Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it. In days of old I planned it; now I have brought it to pass, that you have turned fortified cities into piles of stone.
• Isaiah 45:1“This is what the Lord says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
• Isaiah 46:10I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’
• 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,
• Amos 3:6When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the Lord caused it?
• Ezekiel 25:16therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will wipe out the Kerethites and destroy those remaining along the coast.
• Zephaniah 2:6The land by the sea will become pastures having wells for shepherds and pens for flocks.
• Micah 6:9Listen! The Lord is calling to the city— and to fear your name is wisdom— “Heed the rod and the One who appointed 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

In the dictionaries

• Ashkelon
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Prophecy
• Rumbling
• Ephai
• Haven
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)
• Shore

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