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Jeremiah 47:7

Ashkelon

5 The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?

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

How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
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.
WEB
“How can you be quiet, since the LORD has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there he has 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.
DARBY
How shouldest thou be quiet? For Jehovah hath given it a charge: against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it.
BLB
How can it be quiet when YHWH has given a command to it? Against Ashkelon, and against the coast of the sea, there He has appointed it.”
ÅB
Hvordan skulle du holde deg rolig, når Herren har gitt deg befaling? Til Askalon og til havets strand, dit har han stevnet det.
OTB
Skallethet har kommet over Gaza; Ashkelon er fullstendig avskåret; Orem og Gaza er skamfulle; De har gått i fangenskap sammen.”
B1930
Hvorledes skulde du holde dig rolig, når Herren har gitt dig befaling? Til Askalon og til havets strand, dit har han stevnet det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 14:17

    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,

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  • Micah 6:9

    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.

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  • Isaiah 10:6

    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.

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  • Amos 3:6

    If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?

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  • Zephaniah 2:6–7

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

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  • Isaiah 46:10–11

    I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

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  • Isaiah 37:26

    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.

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  • Ezekiel 25:16

    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.

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