Jeremiah 47:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ How can it  rest when the Lord has given it a command? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ How can it [the sword of the Lord] be quiet when the Lord has given it an assignment to discharge? Against Ashkelon and against the [whole Philistine] seashore He has appointed it.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ How canst thou be quiet, seeing Jehovah hath given thee a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath he appointed it.

Common English Bible

⁷ How can you be silent when the LORD has directed you to attack Ashkelon and the coast line?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ 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?"

Jeremiah 47:7 Cross References

Isaiah 10:6

I will send him against a godless nation; I will command him to go against a people destined for my rage, to take spoils, to plunder, and to trample them down like clay  in the streets.

Isaiah 13:3

I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my warriors, who celebrate my triumph, to execute my wrath.

Isaiah 37:26

Have you not heard? I designed it long ago; I planned it in days gone by. I have now brought it to pass, and you have crushed fortified cities into piles of rubble.

Jeremiah 48:10

The one who does the  Lord’s business deceitfully  is cursed, and the one who withholds his sword from bloodshed is cursed.

Ezekiel 14:17

‘Or suppose I bring a sword  against that land and say, “Let a sword pass through it,” so that I wipe out both people and animals from it.

Ezekiel 21:14

‘So you, son of man, prophesy and clap your hands together: Let the sword strike twice, even three times. It is a sword for massacre, a sword for great massacre – it surrounds  them!

Ezekiel 21:30

‘ “Return it to its sheath! ‘ “I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land of your origin.

Ezekiel 21:9

‘Son of man, prophesy, “This is what the Lord says! ” You are to proclaim, “A sword!  A sword is sharpened and also polished.

Ezekiel 25:16

therefore this is what the Lord God says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines,  cutting off the Cherethites and wiping out what remains of the coastal peoples.  ,

Amos 3:6

If a ram’s horn  is blown in a city, aren’t people afraid? If a disaster  occurs in a city, hasn’t the Lord done it?

Micah 6:9

The voice of the Lord calls out to the city (and it is wise to fear your name): ‘Pay attention to the rod and the one who ordained it.

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have.  Do not spare them. Kill men and women, infants and nursing babies, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.” ’