Jeremiah 47:5-7

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁵Baldness [as a token of mourning] will come upon Gaza; Ashkelon will be cut off and be dumb. O remnant of their valley and of the giants, how long will you gash yourselves [as a token of mourning]?

⁶O you sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still.

⁷How can it [the sword of the Lord] be quiet when the Lord has given it an assignment to discharge? Against Ashkelon and against the [whole Philistine] seashore He has appointed it.

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Jeremiah 47:5-7

New International Version

⁵Gaza will shave^(A) her head in mourning;
Ashkelon^(B) will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
how long will you cut^(C) yourselves?

⁶“‘Alas, sword^(D) of the Lord,
    how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
    cease and be still.’^(E)
⁷But how can it rest
    when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
    to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”^(F)