Jeremiah 47: Judgment on the Philistines

The LORD pictures an invasion from the north sweeping over the Philistines like a flood, leaving fathers too weak to go back for their children. Gaza and Ashkelon mourn, and a plea for the LORD’s sword to rest is answered that it cannot stop, since He has given it its orders against them.

Reading level: General

View full study notes for this chapter →

Question 1 of 3 · 0 correct so far

When a cry goes up asking the LORD’s sword to go back into its sheath (47:6), what answer is given in 47:7?

It cannot be still, since the LORD has given it its ordersIt will be still in seven days, once the Philistines repentIt will be still at once, since the LORD has heard their pleaIt will be still when Pharaoh’s army comes to guard the coast