Jeremiah 47:6 (KJV)

Thou and Ye

thou, thyself, thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

The calamities of the PhilistinesThe Philistines had always been enemies to Israel; but the Chaldean army shall overflow their land like a deluge. Those whom God will spoil, must be spoiled....

Parallel Passages

Ezekiel 21:3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

Jeremiah 12:12 The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
Ezekiel 21:3–5 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. …
Deuteronomy 32:41–42 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. …
2 Samuel 2:26 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 Chronicles 21:27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
Psalms 17:13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
Isaiah 10:5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
Isaiah 10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Jeremiah 4:21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Jeremiah 12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
Jeremiah 15:3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
Jeremiah 25:27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
Jeremiah 51:20–23 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; …
Ezekiel 14:17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
Ezekiel 21:30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
John 18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

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Topics

Philistines Prophecies against Philistines
War God uses, as a judgment

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible629–588 BC · Jeremiah, in the days of Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah

Bible Dictionary

LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

O הוֹי hôy הוֹי Interjection
thou sword חֶרֶב ḥereb חֶרֶב Noun · feminine singular
of the LORD לַיהוָה layhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name · with preposition
how long will it be ere עַד ʿad Preposition אָנָה ʾānâ Adverb לֹא lōʾ לֹא Negative
thou be quiet תִשְׁקֹטִי tišqōṭî שָׁקַט Verb · qal imperfect, second person feminine singular
put up הֵאָסְפִי hēʾāsĕpî אָסַף Verb · niphal imperative, second person feminine singular
thyself into thy scabbard אַל ʾal Negative תַּעְרֵךְ taʿrēk תַּעַר Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person feminine singular
rest הֵרָגְעִי hērogʿî רָגַע Verb · niphal imperative, second person feminine singular
and be still וָדֹמִּי wādōmmî דָּמַם Verb · qal imperative, second person feminine singular · with and

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0