Jeremiah 47:6

New Living Translation

“Now, O sword of the Lord, when will you be at rest again? Go back into your sheath; rest and be still.

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:26

Abner shouted down to Joab, “Must we always be killing each other? Don’t you realize that bitterness is the only result? When will you call off your men from chasing their Israelite brothers?”

1 Chronicles 21:27

Then the Lord spoke to the angel, who put the sword back into its sheath.

Psalm 17:13

Arise, O Lord! Stand against them, and bring them to their knees! Rescue me from the wicked with your sword!

Isaiah 10:15

But can the ax boast greater power than the person who uses it? Is the saw greater than the person who saws? Can a rod strike unless a hand moves it? Can a wooden cane walk by itself?

Isaiah 10:5

“What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of my anger. I use it as a club to express my anger.

Jeremiah 12:12

On all the bare hilltops, destroying armies can be seen. The sword of the Lord devours people from one end of the nation to the other. No one will escape!

Jeremiah 12:4

How long must this land mourn? Even the grass in the fields has withered. The wild animals and birds have disappeared because of the evil in the land. For the people have said, “The Lord doesn’t see what’s ahead for us!”

Jeremiah 15:3

“I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” says the Lord. “I will send the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the vultures to devour, and the wild animals to finish up what is left.

Jeremiah 25:27

Then the Lord said to me, “Now tell them, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: Drink from this cup of my anger. Get drunk and vomit; fall to rise no more, for I am sending terrible wars against you.’

Jeremiah 4:21

How long must I see the battle flags and hear the trumpets of war?

Jeremiah 48:10

Cursed are those who refuse to do the Lord’s work, who hold back their swords from shedding blood!

Jeremiah 50:35

“The sword of destruction will strike the Babylonians,” says the Lord. “It will strike the people of Babylon— her officials and wise men, too.

Ezekiel 14:17

“Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I sent enemy armies to destroy both people and animals.

Ezekiel 21:30

“Now return the sword to its sheath, for in your own country, the land of your birth, I will pass judgment upon you.

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, the man who is my partner,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the lambs.

John 18:11

But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Shall I not drink from the cup of suffering the Father has given me?”

Judges 7:20

Then all three groups blew their horns and broke their jars. They held the blazing torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, and they all shouted, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”