Jeremiah 47:7 meaning and explanation

How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”

Jeremiah 47:7, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah 47:7 closes an oracle against the Philistines, spoken through the prophet before Pharaoh attacked Gaza. Verses 2 through 6 picture an invading army from the north as floodwaters and as the LORD's sword, and someone begs that sword to return to its sheath and be still.

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