Jeremiah 47:7 “How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it ag…”

Jeremiah 47:7

How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“How can you be quiet, since the LORD has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there he has appointed it.”

American Standard Version

How canst thou be quiet, seeing Jehovah hath given thee a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath he appointed it.

Geneva Bible 1599

Howe can it cease, seeing the Lord hath giuen it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea banke? euen there hath he appointed it.

Darby Translation

How shouldest thou be quiet? — For Jehovah hath given it a charge: against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it.

Young's Literal Translation

How shall it be quiet, And Jehovah hath given a charge to it, Against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? There hath He appointed it!'

Bible in Basic English

How is it possible for it to be quiet, seeing that the Lord has given it orders? against Ashkelon and against the sea-land he has given it directions.

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Cross references

“the Lord”

Ezekiel 14:17 Isaiah 10:6 1 Samuel 15:3 Isaiah 13:3 Isaiah 37:26 Isaiah 45:1–3

Ezekiel 14:17 · BSB

Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,

Isaiah 10:6 · BSB

I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

1 Samuel 15:3 · BSB

Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

Isaiah 13:3 · BSB

I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.

Isaiah 37:26 · BSB

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 should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

Isaiah 45:1–3 · BSB

This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:

“the sea”

Ezekiel 25:16 Zephaniah 2:6 Zephaniah 2:7

Ezekiel 25:16 · BSB

therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.

Zephaniah 2:6 · BSB

So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.

Zephaniah 2:7 · BSB

The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their capti…

“hath he”

Micah 6:9

Micah 6:9 · BSB

The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’

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