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

4For the day is coming to devastate all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. For Adonai will destroy the Philistines, the rest of the island of Caphtor. 5Baldness has come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is ruined. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself? O sword of Adonai, how long until you are quiet? Go back into your sheath, rest and be still. 7How can you be quiet when Adonai has commanded? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and against the coast of the sea.

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 12:12On all the bare hills in the wilderness destroyers have come. For the sword of Adonai is devouring from the one end of the land to the other end of the land. No flesh has shalom.
• Jeremiah 15:3I have appointed over them four kinds” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and to destroy.
• Jeremiah 25:27And you will say to them, thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “Drink, be drunken, vomit, fall down and rise no more, because of the sword that I will send among you.”
• Jeremiah 51:20“You are My club, a war weapon— with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms.
• Deuteronomy 32:41when I sharpen My lightning sword and My hand seizes it in judgment, I will return vengeance on My foes, and those who hate Me I will pay back.
• Psalms 17:13Arise, Adonai! Confront him! Make him bow down! Deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,
• Isaiah 10:5Oy to Assyria, the rod of My anger— the club in their hand is My indignation!
• Ezekiel 14:17Or if I bring a sword on that land and say: ‘Let the sword go through the land,’ so that I cut off man and beast from it;
• Ezekiel 21:3Say to the brush land of the South: ‘Hear the word of Adonai!’ Thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I will kindle a fire in you. It will devour every moist tree in you and every dry tree. Its leaping flame will not be extinguished. All faces from the south to the north will be scorched by it.
• Jeremiah 4:21How long must I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the shofar?
• Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land mourn and the grass of all the field wither? Because those living in it are evil, beasts and birds are swept away. For they said, “He cannot see our end.”
• 2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called out to Joab and said, “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize how bitter it will be in the end? How long until you order the people to stop pursuing their kinsmen?”
• 1 Chronicles 21:27Then Adonai commanded the angel, and he put his sword back in its sheath.
• Ezekiel 21:30So you, wicked one, prince of Israel, the day has come to be slain, the time of final punishment.”
• John 18:11So Yeshua said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath! The cup the Father has given Me—shall I never drink it?”

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