Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But how can it rest when the LORD has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?” New Living Translation “But how can it be still when the LORD has sent it on a mission? For the city of Ashkelon and the people living along the sea must be destroyed.” English Standard Version How can it be quiet when the LORD has given it a charge? Against Ashkelon and against the seashore he has appointed it.” Berean Standard Bible How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.” King James Bible How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it. New King James Version How can it be quiet, Seeing the LORD has given it a charge Against Ashkelon and against the seashore? There He has appointed it.” New American Standard Bible “How can it be quiet, When the LORD has given it an order? Against Ashkelon and against the sea shore— There He has summoned it.” NASB 1995 “How can it be quiet, When the LORD has given it an order? Against Ashkelon and against the seacoast— There He has assigned it.” NASB 1977 “How can it be quiet, When the LORD has given it an order? Against Ashkelon and against the seacoast— There He has assigned it.” Legacy Standard Bible How can it be quiet? Yahweh has given it a command; Against Ashkelon and against the seacoast— There He has assigned it.” Amplified Bible “How can His sword be quiet When the LORD has given it an order? Against Ashkelon and against the [whole Philistine] seashore There He has assigned it.” Christian Standard Bible How can it rest when the LORD has given it a command? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea. Holman Christian Standard Bible How can it rest when the LORD has given it a command? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea. American Standard Version How canst thou be quiet, seeing Jehovah hath given thee a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath he appointed it. Contemporary English Version But how can my sword rest, when I have commanded it to attack Ashkelon and the seacoast? English Revised Version How canst thou be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given thee a charge? against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it. GOD'S WORD® Translation How can the sword of the LORD rest? The LORD has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast. He has put it there. Good News Translation But how can it rest, when I have given it work to do? I have commanded it to attack Ashkelon and the people who live on the coast." International Standard Version How can it be quiet, when the LORD has ordered disaster to come to Ashkelon and the seashore? That's where he has assigned it." Majority Standard Bible How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.? NET Bible But how can it rest when I, the LORD, have given it orders? I have ordered it to attack the people of Ashkelon and the seacoast. New Heart English Bible How can it be quiet, since the LORD has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there has he appointed it.'" Webster's Bible Translation How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it. World English Bible “How can you be quiet, since Yahweh has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there he has appointed it.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHow will it be quiet, "" And YHWH has given a charge to it, "" Against Ashkelon and against the seashore? He has appointed it there!” Young's Literal Translation How shall it be quiet, And Jehovah hath given a charge to it, Against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? There hath He appointed it!' Smith's Literal Translation How shalt thou rest, and Jehovah commanded to it against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore? there he confirmed it. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHow shall it be quiet, when the Lord hath given it a charge against Ascalon, and against the countries thereof by the sea side, and there hath made an appointment for it? Catholic Public Domain Version But how can it find rest, when the Lord has ordered it against Ashkelon and against its maritime regions, and when a task has been appointed to it there?” New American Bible How can it find rest when the LORD has commanded it? Against Ashkelon and the seacoast, there he has appointed it. New Revised Standard Version How can it be quiet, when the LORD has given it an order? Against Ashkelon and against the seashore— there he has appointed it. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHow can it be quiet, when the LORD has given it a charge against Ashkalon and against the coastal cities? For against these places he has decreed punishment. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated How will it be still when LORD JEHOVAH ordered it concerning Ashkelon and concerning the coasts of the sea? There he authorized it! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917How canst thou be quiet? For the LORD hath given it a charge; Against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, There hath He appointed it.How shall it be quiet, whereas the Lord has given it a commission against Ascalon, and against the regions on the sea-coast, to awake against the remaining countries! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Judgment on the Philistines…6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’ 7How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.” Cross References Ezekiel 25:15-17 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility, / therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast. / I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’” Isaiah 14:29-31 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg. / Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain. / Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks. Zephaniah 2:4-7 For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted. / Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.” / So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep. ... Amos 1:6-8 This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom. / So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels. / I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD. Joel 3:4-8 Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads. / For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples. / You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland. ... Isaiah 11:14 They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them. Isaiah 9:12 Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised. Isaiah 15:1-9 This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night! / Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. / In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping. ... Isaiah 16:1-14 Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion. / Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon: / “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees. ... Isaiah 23:1-18 This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus. / Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea. / On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations. ... Ezekiel 28:21-24 “Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her. / And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her. / I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD. ... Ezekiel 30:15-19 I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes. / I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress. / The young men of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, and those cities will go into captivity. ... Ezekiel 32:30 All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit. Zechariah 9:5-7 Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited. / A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. / I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites. Psalm 83:7 of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre. Treasury of Scripture How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD has given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there has he appointed it. can it [heb] canst not 1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. Isaiah 10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Isaiah 13:3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. the sea Ezekiel 25:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. Zephaniah 2:6,7 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks… hath he Micah 6:9 The LORD'S voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. Jump to Previous Appointed Ashkelon Ash'kelon Assigned Attack Charge Coast Command Commanded Directions Order Ordered Orders Quiet Rest Sea Seacoast Sea-Land Seashore Sea-Shore Shore ShouldestJump to Next Appointed Ashkelon Ash'kelon Assigned Attack Charge Coast Command Commanded Directions Order Ordered Orders Quiet Rest Sea Seacoast Sea-Land Seashore Sea-Shore Shore ShouldestJeremiah 47 1. The destruction of the PhilistinesHow can it rest This phrase reflects the inevitability and urgency of divine action. The Hebrew root for "rest" is "nuach," which often implies a cessation of activity or peace. In this context, it suggests that the sword of judgment cannot be at peace or inactive because it is under divine mandate. The rhetorical question emphasizes the impossibility of halting God's decreed judgment. Historically, this speaks to the relentless nature of God's justice, which cannot be thwarted by human desires for peace when sin and rebellion persist. when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the seashore there He has assigned it Verse 7. - The seashore. So Ezekiel speaks of "the remnant of the seashore" (Ezekiel 25:16), referring to Philistia. |
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