Jeremiah 47:6
‘Alas, O sword of the Lord, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
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.
Note put…: Heb. gather thyself
“‘You sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself back into your scabbard; rest, and be still.’
O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- thou sword
- Jeremiah 12:12; Jeremiah 15:3; Jeremiah 25:27; Jeremiah 51:20–23; Deuteronomy 32:41, 42; Psalm 17:13; Isaiah 10:5, 15; Ezekiel 14:17; Ezekiel 21:3–5
- how long
- Jeremiah 4:21; Jeremiah 12:4; 2 Samuel 2:26
- put up thyself
- Heb. gather thyself. into.
- 1 Chronicles 21:27; Ezekiel 21:30; John 18:11