Jeremiah 47:5-7
Names of God Bible
5 Gaza will shave its head in mourning.
Ashkelon will be destroyed.
How long will you cut yourselves, you people left on the plains?
6 You cry out, “Sword of Yahweh,
how long will you keep on fighting?
Go back into your scabbard.
Stay there and rest!”
7 How can the sword of Yahweh rest?
Yahweh has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast.
He has put it there.
Jeremiah 47:5-7
New King James Version
5 (A)Baldness has come upon Gaza,
(B)Ashkelon is cut off
With the remnant of their valley.
How long will you cut yourself?
6 “O you (C)sword of the Lord,
How long until you are quiet?
Put yourself up into your scabbard,
Rest and be still!
7 How can [a]it be quiet,
Seeing the Lord has (D)given it a charge
Against Ashkelon and against the seashore?
There He has (E)appointed it.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 47:7 Lit. you
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