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

5Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? 6O thou sword of Yhwh, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. How can it be quiet, seeing Yhwh hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.

Jeremiah 47:7 word by word

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

• How can it be quietשָׁקַטshâqaţ · to quietH8252
• seeing Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · 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 smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
• Isaiah 10:6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and 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 mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
• Isaiah 37:26Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
• Isaiah 45:1Thus saith Yhwh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
• Isaiah 46:10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
• Ezekiel 14:17Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
• Amos 3:6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, And Yhwh hath not done it?
• Ezekiel 25:16Therefore thus saith the Lord Yhwh; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.
• Zephaniah 2:6And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
• Micah 6:9Yhwh's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath 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