Jeremiah 47:7
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How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
In other translations
How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
Hebrew words
אֵיךְ'eikhhow?H349תִּשְׁקֹטִיtishkotiwill you be inactiveH8252וַיהוָהvayahwehand YahwehH3068צִוָּה־tzivah-he has commandedH6680לָהּlah<to> <the> itאֶל־'el-againstH413אַשְׁקְלוֹן'ashkelonAshkelonH831וְאֶל־ve'el-and againstH413חוֹףchof[the] coast ofH2348הַיָּםhaiyamthe seaH3220שָׁםshamthereH8033יְעָדָהּ׃ סye'adahhe has appointed itH3259
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