Context 5Baldness has come upon Gaza;Ashkelon has been ruined. O remnant of their valley, How long will you gash yourself? 6Ah, sword of the LORD, 7How can it be quiet, Parallel Verses American Standard VersionBaldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? Douay-Rheims Bible Baldness is come upon Gaza: Ascalon hath held her peace with the remnant of their valley: how long shalt thou cut thyself? Darby Bible Translation Baldness is come upon Gazah; Ashkelon is cut off, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? English Revised Version Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? Webster's Bible Translation Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? World English Bible Baldness is come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself? Young's Literal Translation Come hath baldness unto Gaza, Cut off hath been Ashkelon, O remnant of their valley, Till when dost thou cut thyself? Library The Sword of the Lord'O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 7. How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge?'--JER. xlvii. 6, 7. The prophet is here in the full tide of his prophecies against the nations round about. This paragraph is entirely occupied with threatenings. Bearing the cup of woes, he turns to one after another of the ancestral enemies of Israel, Egypt and Philistia on the south and west, Moab on the south and … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Appendix ii. Jeremiah Links Jeremiah 47:5 NIV • Jeremiah 47:5 NLT • Jeremiah 47:5 ESV • Jeremiah 47:5 NASB • Jeremiah 47:5 KJV • Jeremiah 47:5 Bible Apps • Jeremiah 47:5 Parallel • Bible Hub |