Jeremiah 47:7

7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon and against the seashore? There hath He appointed it.

Jeremiah 47:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 47:7

How can it be quiet
There is no reason to believe it will, nor can it be expected that it should; to stop it is impossible, and to request that it might be stopped is in vain: seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against
the seashore?
for it had a commission from the Lord to destroy the inhabitants of Ashkelon, and other places, which lay still more towards the sea, as Joppa and Jamne; and indeed all Palestine lay on the coast of the Mediterranean sea: there hath he appointed it;
by an irreversible decree of his, in righteousness to punish the inhabitants of these places for their sins.

Jeremiah 47:7 In-Context

5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley. How long wilt thou cut thyself?"

6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest and be still.

7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon and against the seashore? There hath He appointed it.