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Jeremiah 47:6
New English Translation
Jeremiah 47:6
New English Translation
6 How long will you cry out,[a] ‘Oh, sword of the Lord,
how long will it be before you stop killing?[b]
Go back into your sheath;
stay there and rest!’[c]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 47:6 tn The words “How long will you cry out” are not in the text, but some such introduction seems necessary because the rest of the speech assumes a personal subject.
- Jeremiah 47:6 tn Heb “before you are quiet/at rest.”
- Jeremiah 47:6 sn The passage is highly figurative. The sword of the Lord, which is itself a figure of the destructive agency of the enemy armies, is here addressed as a person and is encouraged by rhetorical questions (questions designed to dissuade) and commands to “be quiet,” “be at rest,” and “be silent,” all of which aim to get the Lord to call off the destruction against the Philistines.
Jeremiah 47:6
New International Version
Jeremiah 47:6
New International Version
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