Jérémie 47:6

6 Ah! épée de l'Éternel, jusqu'à quand ne cesseras-tu pas? Rentre dans ton fourreau, apaise-toi, et te tiens en repos.

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 C'est que le jour est venu de détruire tous les Philistins, de retrancher à Tyr et à Sidon quiconque reste encore pour les secourir. Car l'Éternel va détruire les Philistins, les restes de l'île de Caphtor.

5 Gaza est devenue chauve. Askélon, avec le reste de leur vallée, se tait. Jusqu'à quand te feras-tu des incisions?

6 Ah! épée de l'Éternel, jusqu'à quand ne cesseras-tu pas? Rentre dans ton fourreau, apaise-toi, et te tiens en repos.

7 Comment cesserais-tu? L'Éternel lui a donné commandement; c'est contre Askélon et contre le rivage de la mer qu'il l'a assignée.