Jeremiah 47:7 Parallel Translations

How can the sword of the LORD rest? The LORD has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast. He has put it there.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ASV:

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

BBE:

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.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

How canst thou be quiet? for the LORD hath given it a charge; against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath He appointed it.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

How can you be quiet, seeing Yahweh has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there has he appointed it.

YLT:

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!'

Jeremiah 47:7 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 10:6 I send it against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My fury To capture booty and to seize plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.

Ezekiel 14:17 "Or if I should bring a sword on that country and say, 'Let the sword pass through the country and cut off man and beast from it,'

Micah 6:9 The voice of the LORD will call to the city-- And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name: "Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed its time? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

47:7 How can it be {h} quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
(h) Meaning, that it is not profitable that the wicked should by any means escape or hinder the Lord when he will take vengeance.

WES:

47:7 How - God lets the prophet know that he had given this sword its commission, and therefore it could not stop 'till Ashkelon and the people on the sea - shore were destroyed by it.

MHC:

47:1-7 The calamities of the Philistines. - The Philistines had always been enemies to Israel; but the Chaldean army shall overflow their land like a deluge. Those whom God will spoil, must be spoiled. For when the Lord intends to destroy the wicked, he will cut off every helper. So deplorable are the desolations of war, that the blessings of peace are most desirable. But we must submit to His appointments who ordains all in perfect wisdom and justice.

CONC:

Appointed Ashkelon Ash'kelon Assigned Attack Canst Charge Coast Command Commanded Directions Order Ordered Orders Possible Quiet Seacoast Sea-land Seashore Sea-shore Seeing Shore Shouldest

Appointed Ashkelon Ash'kelon Assigned Attack Charge Coast Command Commanded Directions Order Ordered Orders Quiet Rest Sea Seacoast Sea-Land Seashore Sea-Shore Shore Shouldest

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