Jeremiah 47:7
How can it rest
What it says
The sword cannot rest, because the LORD has commanded it against Ashkelon and the seacoast.
What it is doing
This verse closes the oracle by locating the whole disaster in the LORD's deliberate command.
In context
1This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza. 2This is what the LORD says: 3at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, 4For the day has come 5The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; 6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, 7How can it rest