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 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

5Baldness has come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is cut off With the remnant of their valley. How long will you cut yourself? 6“O you sword of the Lord, How long until you are quiet? Put yourself up into your scabbard, Rest and be still! How can it be quiet, Seeing the Lord has given it a charge Against Ashkelon and against the seashore? There He has appointed it.”

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 and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”
• Isaiah 10:6I will send him against an ungodly nation, And against the people of My wrath I will give him charge, To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• Isaiah 13:3I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have also called My mighty ones for My anger— Those who rejoice in My exaltation.”
• Isaiah 37:26“Did you not hear long ago How I made it, From ancient times that I formed it? Now I have brought it to pass, That you should be For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.
• Isaiah 45:1“Thus says the Lord to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held— To subdue nations before him And loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut:
• Isaiah 46:10Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’
• Ezekiel 14:17“Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I cut off man and beast from it,
• Amos 3:6If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?
• Ezekiel 25:16therefore thus says the Lord God: “I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.
• Zephaniah 2:6The seacoast shall be pastures, With shelters for shepherds and folds for flocks.
• Micah 6:9The Lord’s voice cries to the city— Wisdom shall see Your name: “Hear the rod! Who has 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

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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