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.
Jeremiah 47:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised How can it rest when the Lord has given it a command? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 How can you be silent when the LORD has directed you to attack Ashkelon and the coast line? 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?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How 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? |
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.
I have commanded my consecrated ones; yes, I have called my warriors, who celebrate my triumph, to execute my wrath.
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.
The one who does the Lord’s business deceitfully is cursed, and the one who withholds his sword from bloodshed is cursed.
‘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.
‘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!
‘ “Return it to its sheath! ‘ “I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land of your origin.
‘Son of man, prophesy, “This is what the Lord says! ” You are to proclaim, “A sword! A sword is sharpened and also polished.
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. ,
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?
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.
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.” ’