Jeremias 47:6

6 Ah espada do Senhor! até quando deixarás de repousar? volta para a tua bainha; descansa, e aquieta-te.

Jeremias 47:6 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 47:6

O thou sword of the Lord
For though it was the sword of the Chaldeans, yet being appointed and sent by the Lord, and having a commission from him, and being ordered and directed in his providence to do his will, it is called his sword: how long [will it be] ere thou be quiet?
and cease from destroying men; wilt thou not cease till thou hast no more to destroy? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still;
and make no more havoc among the people: these are either the words of the Philistines, entreating a stop might be put to the ravages of the sword, and that the war might cease, and the desolations of it; or rather of the prophet, commiserating their state as a man, though they had been the avowed enemies of his people; to which the following words of him are an answer, either to the Philistines, showing why their request could not be granted, or as correcting himself.

Jeremias 47:6 In-Context

4 por causa do dia que vem para destruir a todos os filisteus, para cortar de Tiro e de Sidom todo o resto que os socorra; pois o Senhor destruirá os filisteus, o resto da ilha de Caftor.

5 A calvicie é vinda sobre Gaza; foi desarraigada Asquelom, bem como o resto do seu vale; até quando te sarjarás?

6 Ah espada do Senhor! até quando deixarás de repousar? volta para a tua bainha; descansa, e aquieta-te.

7 Como podes estar quieta, se o Senhor te deu uma ordem? Contra Asquelom, e contra o litoral, é que ele a enviou.