Jeremiah 47:7

7 How can it^[a] be quiet ¹when the Lord has given it a charge? Against ²Ashkelon and against the seashore ³he has 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 has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has perished. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourselves?

6 Ah, sword of the Lord! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still!

7 How can it be quiet when the Lord has given it a charge? Against Ashkelon and against the seashore he has appointed it. ”

Cross References

• 1. 47:7 [Ezek. 14:17]
• 2. 47:7 ch. 25:20; [Judg. 1:18]
• 3. 47:7 Mic. 6:9

Footnotes

• [a] 47:7 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew 'you'