Jeremiah 47:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ה֗וֹי חֶ֚רֶב לַֽיהוָ֔ה עַד־אָ֖נָה לֹ֣א תִשְׁקֹ֑טִי הֵאָֽסְפִי֙ אַל־תַּעְרֵ֔ךְ הֵרָגְעִ֖י וָדֹֽמִּי׃

Transliteration

Hôy ḥereḇ to-YHWH until-where not tišqōṭî hēʾāsəp̄î not-taʿrēḵ hērāḡəʿî wā-ḏōmmî.

Grammar Details

• *hôy*: interjection - alas/woe
• *ḥereḇ*: feminine singular noun - sword
• *la-YHWH*: preposition + proper noun - to/of YHWH
• *ʿaḏ-ʾānāh*: preposition + interrogative - until where/how long
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *tišqōṭî*: qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - you will be quiet
• *hēʾāsəp̄î*: niphal imperative, feminine singular - be gathered
• *ʾal-taʿrēḵ*: negative particle + qal imperfect, 2nd feminine singular - do not unsheathe
• *hērāḡəʿî*: niphal imperative, feminine singular - be still
• *wā-ḏōmmî*: conjunction + qal imperative, feminine singular - and be silent

Word Meanings

• *ḥereḇ la-YHWH*: sword of YHWH/YHWH's sword
• *tišqōṭî*: be quiet/be still/rest
• *hēʾāsəp̄î*: be gathered/withdraw yourself/return to sheath
• *taʿrēḵ*: unsheathe/array/prepare
• *hērāḡəʿî*: be still/be at rest/calm yourself
• *ḏōmmî*: be silent/be still/cease

Referenced Verses

• Jer 12:12 : 12 Destroyers are come upon all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Jehovah devoureth from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh hath peace.
• Ezek 21:3-5 : 3 and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: 5 and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.
• Ezek 21:30 : 30 Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.
• John 18:11 : 11 Jesus therefore said unto Peter, Put up the sword into the sheath: the cup which the Father hath given me, shall I not {G3361} drink it?
• Jer 15:3 : 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
• Jer 25:27 : 27 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
• Jer 51:20-23 : 20 Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: and with thee will I break in pieces the nations; and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; 21 and with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; 22 and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin; 23 and with thee will I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke [of oxen]; and with thee will I break in pieces governors and deputies.
• Ezek 14:17 : 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;
• Deut 32:41-42 : 41 If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.
• 2 Sam 2:26 : 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
• 1 Chr 21:27 : 27 And Jehovah commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
• Ps 17:13 : 13 Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
• Isa 10:5 : 5 Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!
• Isa 10:15 : 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him that is] not wood.
• Jer 4:21 : 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
• Jer 12:4 : 4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.