Baldness(A) is coming to Gaza;
Ashkelon will become silent.(B)
Remnant of their valley,
how long will you gash yourself?
Oh, sword of the Lord!(C)
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!
How can it[a] rest
when the Lord has given it a command?(D)
He has assigned it(E)
against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. 47:7 LXX, Vg; MT reads you

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