And Aḇnĕr called to Yo’aḇ and said, “Should the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it is bitter in the latter end? And when are you going to say to the people to turn back from pursuing their brothers?”
Jeremiah 47:6 - The Scriptures 2009 “O you sword of יהוה, how long till you rest? Put yourself up into your sheath, rest and be still! Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O you sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still. American Standard Version (1901) O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still. Common English Bible You sword of the LORD, how long until you are silent? Return to your sheath; rest and be still! Catholic Public Domain Version O sharp sword of the Lord, how long will you be without rest? Enter your sheath; be refreshed and silenced. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O thou sword of the Lord, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Go into thy scabbard: rest and be still. |
And Aḇnĕr called to Yo’aḇ and said, “Should the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it is bitter in the latter end? And when are you going to say to the people to turn back from pursuing their brothers?”
Then יהוה commanded the messenger, and he returned his sword to its sheath.
Arise, O יהוה, Confront him, cause him to bend; Deliver my being from the wrong by Your sword,
Would the axe boast itself over him who chops with it, or the saw exalt itself over him who saws with it? As a rod waving those who lift it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!
“Woe to Ashshur, the rod of My displeasure and the staff in whose hand is My displeasure.
“The ravagers have come on all the bare heights in the wilderness, for the sword of יהוה is devouring from one end of the land to the other end of the land. There is no peace to any flesh.
How long shall the land mourn, and the plants of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed, for the evil of those who dwell there, because they said, “He does not see our latter ending.”
“And I shall appoint over them four kinds,” declares יהוה, “the sword to kill, the dogs to drag, the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
“And you shall say to them, ‘Thus said יהוה of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, “Drink, be drunk, and vomit! Fall and rise no more, because of the sword which I am sending among you.” ’
(Cursed is he who is slack in doing the work of יהוה, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from blood).
“A sword is upon the Kasdim,” declares יהוה, “and it is upon the inhabitants of Baḇel, and upon her heads and upon her wise men.
“Or if I bring a sword on that land, and I shall say, ‘Sword, go through the land,’ and I shall cut off man and beast from it,
Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I shall judge you.
“O sword, awake against My Shepherd, against the Man who is My Companion,” declares יהוה of hosts. “Strike the Shepherd, and let the sheep be scattered. But I shall turn My hand upon the little ones.
Then יהושע said to Kĕpha, “Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?”
And the three companies blew with the shopharot and broke the jars, and held the torches in their left hands and the shopharot in their right hands for blowing. And they cried, “A sword for יהוה and for Giḏ‛on!”