THEOSISJeremiah 47:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
O thou sword of the Lord, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Go into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
ה֗וֹי חֶ֚רֶב לַֽיהוָ֔ה עַד־אָ֖נָה לֹ֣א תִשְׁקֹ֑טִי הֵאָֽסְפִי֙ אַל־תַּעְרֵ֔ךְ הֵרָגְעִ֖י וָדֹֽמִּי׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 12:12The spoilers are come upon all the ways of the wilderness, for the sword of the Lord shall devour from one end of the land to the other end thereof: there is no peace for all flesh.
- Ezek 21:3And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I come against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off in thee the just, and the wicked.
- Ezek 21:5That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn my sword out of its sheath not to be turned back.
- Jer 12:4How long shall the land mourn, and the herb of every field wither for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? The beasts and the birds are consumed: because they have said: He shall not see our last end.
- Jer 15:3And I will visit them with four kinds, saith the Lord: The sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
- John 18:11Jesus therefore said to Peter: Put up thy sword into the scabbard. The chalice which my father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
- Isa 10:5Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.
- Ezek 21:30Return into thy sheath. I will judge thee in the place wherein thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.