Jeremiah 47:6
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O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
In other translations
O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
Hebrew words
הוֹיhoalas!H1945חֶרֶבcherevO swordH2719לַיהוָהlayahwehof YahwehH3068עַד־'ad-untilH5704אָנָה'anahwhen?H575לֹאlo'notH3808תִשְׁקֹטִיtishkotiyou will be inactiveH8252הֵאָסְפִיhe'asefigather yourselfH622אַל־'al-toH413תַּעְרֵךְta'rekhsheath yourH8593הֵרָגְעִיherage'irestH7280וָדֹמִּי׃vadomiand be stillH1826
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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