Jeremiah 47 · Verse 7

Jeremiah 47:7

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.
Jeremiah 47:7, King James Version

Jeremiah 47:7 in other translations

BSBHow can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
WEB“How can you be quiet, since the LORD has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there he has appointed it.”
ASVHow canst thou be quiet, seeing Jehovah hath given thee a charge? Against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath he appointed it.
YLTHow shall it be quiet, And Jehovah hath given a charge to it, Against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? There hath He appointed it!'
DARBYHow shouldest thou be quiet? — For Jehovah hath given it a charge: against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore, there hath he appointed it.
BBEHow is it possible for it to be quiet, seeing that the Lord has given it orders? against Ashkelon and against the sea-land he has given it directions.
WebsterHow can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.

What does Jeremiah 47:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. Jeremiah, from addressing the sword in the second person, turns to his hearers and speaks of it in the third person. Lord ... given it a charge--(Eze 14:17). the sea-shore--the strip of land between the mountains and Mediterranean, held by the Philistines: "their valley" (see on Jr 47:5). there hath he appointed it--(Mi 6:9). There hath He ordered it to rage.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 How can it be quiet - This is the answer of the Sword. I am the officer of God's judgments, and he has given me a commission against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore; all the coast where the Philistines have their territories. The measure of their iniquities is full; and these God hath appointed this sword to ravage. The Philistines were ever the implacable enemies of the Jews, and the basest and worst of all idolaters. On these accounts the sword of the Lord had its commission against them; and it did its office most fearfully and effectually by the hand of the Chaldeans.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Jeremiah 47:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֵ֣יךְ'eikhhow?H349
תִּשְׁקֹ֔טִיtish.Ko.tiwill you be inactiveH8252
וַֽיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehand YahwehH3068
צִוָּה\־tzi.vah-he has commandedH6680
לָ֑הּLah<to> <the> it
אֶֽל\־'el-againstH413
אַשְׁקְל֛וֹן'ash.ke.LonAshkelonH831
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and againstH413
ח֥וֹףChof[the] coast ofH2348
הַיָּ֖םhai.Yamthe seaH3220
שָׁ֥םshamthereH8033
יְעָדָֽהּ\׃\ \סye.'a.Dahhe has appointed itH3259

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 47:7

  • Ezekiel 14:17

    Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

  • Micah 6:9

    The Lord’s voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

  • Isaiah 10:6

    I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

  • Amos 3:6

    Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?

  • Zephaniah 2:6-7

    And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

  • Isaiah 46:10-11

    Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

  • Isaiah 37:26

    Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

  • Ezekiel 25:16

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.

  • Isaiah 13:3

    I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.

  • Isaiah 45:1-3

    Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

  • 1 Samuel 15:3

    Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
can it. Heb. canst not. the Lord.
1Sa 15:3; Isa 10:6; 13:3; 37:26; 45:1-3; 46:10,11; Eze 14:17; Am 3:6
the sea.
Eze 25:16; Zep 2:6,7
hath he.
Mic 6:9

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Context

  • Jeremiah 47:6

    O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

  • Jeremiah 47:7

    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.

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Jeremiah 47:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Cómo reposarás? pues que Jehová lo ha enviado contra Ascalón, y á la ribera de la mar, allí lo puso.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Comment te tiendrais-tu tranquille? Car l’ Éternel lui a donné un commandement. Contre Askalon, et contre le rivage de la mer, – là, il l’a assignée.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wie sollte es rasten, da doch Jehova ihm geboten hat? Gegen Askelon und gegen das Gestade des Meeres, dorthin hat er es bestellt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quomodo quiescet, cum Dominus præceperit ei adversus Ascalonem, et adversus maritimas ejus regiones, ibique condixerit illi?