Jeremiah 47:7

7 How can it^[a] rest when the Lord has given it a command? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.

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 coming to Gaza. Ashkelon will become silent, a remnant of their valley. How long will you gash yourself?

6 Ah, sword of the Lord! How long will you be restless? Go back to your scabbard; be still; be silent!

7 How can it rest when the Lord has given it a command? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.

Footnotes

• [a] LXX, Vg; MT reads you