Jeremías 47:6

6 Oh espada del SEÑOR, ¿hasta cuándo reposarás? Métete en tu vaina, reposa y sosiégate

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 47:6 In-Context

4 a causa del día que viene para destrucción de todos los palestinos, para talar a Tiro, y a Sidón, a todo ayudador que quedó vivo; porque el SEÑOR destruirá a los palestinos, al resto de la isla de Caftor

5 Sobre Gaza vino mesadura, Ascalón fue cortada, y el resto de su valle; ¿hasta cuándo te arañarás

6 Oh espada del SEÑOR, ¿hasta cuándo reposarás? Métete en tu vaina, reposa y sosiégate

7 ¿Cómo reposarás? Porque el SEÑOR lo ha enviado contra Ascalón, y a la ribera del mar, allí lo puso