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Jeremiah 47:7

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7But how can my sword rest

when I have given it a command?

I have ordered it

to attack Ashkelon and the Philistine coast.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

How can it be quiet

when the Lord has given it a charge?

Against Ashkelon and against the seashore

he has appointed it.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But how can it rest

when the Lord has commanded it,

when he has ordered it

to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

How can it rest

when the Lord has given it a command?

He has assigned it

against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But how can it be still

when the Lord has sent it on a mission?

For the city of Ashkelon

and the people living along the sea

must be destroyed.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

How can you be quiet

when Yahweh has given an order to it?

Against Ashkelon and against the shore of the sea,

there he has appointed it.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.