World English Bible
Jeremiah 47:6
“You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 47
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because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains: for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
5
Baldness is come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?
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You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still.
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How can you be quiet, since Yahweh has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there has he appointed it.
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