Jérémie 47:6

6 Ah! épée de l'Eternel, quand te reposeras-tu? Rentre dans ton fourreau, Arrête, et sois tranquille! -

Jérémie 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.

Jérémie 47:6 In-Context

4 Parce que le jour arrive où seront détruits tous les Philistins, Exterminés tous ceux qui servaient encore d'auxiliaires à Tyr et à Sidon; Car l'Eternel va détruire les Philistins, Les restes de l'île de Caphtor.

5 Gaza est devenue chauve, Askalon est dans le silence, le reste de leur plaine aussi. Jusques à quand te feras-tu des incisions? -

6 Ah! épée de l'Eternel, quand te reposeras-tu? Rentre dans ton fourreau, Arrête, et sois tranquille! -

7 Comment te reposerais-tu? L'Eternel lui donne ses ordres, C'est contre Askalon et la côte de la mer qu'il la dirige.