Jeremiah 47:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 47

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⁶O 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 47:6 —

Old words in this verse

ere: — before.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 21:3-5
And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. …
Jeremiah 12:12
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
Ezekiel 21:30
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
John 18:11
Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
1 Chronicles 21:27
And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

As the Egyptians had often proved false friends, so the Philistines had always been sworn enemies, to the Israel of God, and the more dangerous and vexatious for their being such near neighbours to them. They were considerably humbled in David’s time, but, it seems they had got head again and were a considerable people till Nebuchadnezzar cut them off with their neighbours, which is the event here…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

6. Jeremiah, in the person of the Philistines afflicting themselves (Jr 47:5), apostrophizes the “sword of the Lord,” entreating mercy (compare De 32:41; Eze 21:3-5, 9, 10). up thyself--Hebrew, “Gather thyself,” that is, retire or return.