Jeremiah 47:6

New International Version

“ ‘Alas, sword of the Lord, how long till you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still.’

Cross References

Jeremiah 12:12

Over all the barren heights in the desert destroyers will swarm, for the sword of the Lord will devour from one end of the land to the other; no one will be safe.

John 18:11

Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”

Ezekiel 21:30

“ ‘Let the sword return to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your ancestry, I will judge you.

Ezekiel 14:17

“Or if I bring a sword against that country and say, ‘Let the sword pass throughout the land,’ and I kill its people and their animals,

Jeremiah 25:27

“Then tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword I will send among you.’

Jeremiah 15:3

“I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” declares the Lord, “the sword to kill and the dogs to drag away and the birds and the wild animals to devour and destroy.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and birds have perished. Moreover, the people are saying, “He will not see what happens to us.”

Jeremiah 4:21

How long must I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Isaiah 10:15

Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it, or the saw boast against the one who uses it? As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is not wood!

Isaiah 10:5

“Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!

Psalm 17:13

Rise up, Lord, confront them, bring them down; with your sword rescue me from the wicked.

1 Chronicles 21:27

Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

2 Samuel 2:26

Abner called out to Joab, “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will end in bitterness? How long before you order your men to stop pursuing their fellow Israelites?”

Judges 7:20

The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”

Jeremiah 48:10

“A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed!

Jeremiah 50:35

“A sword against the Babylonians!” declares the Lord— “against those who live in Babylon and against her officials and wise men!

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares the Lord Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.