Ah, (A)sword of the Lord,
How long will you not be quiet?
Withdraw into your sheath;
Rest and stay still.
How can [a]it be quiet,
When the Lord has (B)given it an order?
Against Ashkelon and against the sea shore—
There He has (C)summoned it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 47:7 Lit you

“‘Alas, sword(A) of the Lord,
    how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
    cease and be still.’(B)
But how can it rest
    when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
    to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”(C)

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