Jeremias 47:6
O thou sword of the Lord, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Go into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- O mucro Domini, usquequo non quiesces ? ingredere in vaginam tuam, refrigerare, et sile.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 29:6
- ἕως τίνος κόψεις, ἡ μάχαιρα τοῦ κυρίου; ἕως τίνος οὐχ ἡσυχάσεις; ἀποκατάστηθι εἰς τὸν κολεόν σου, ἀνάπαυσαι καὶ ἐπάρθητι.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- ה֗וֹי חֶ֚רֶב לַֽיהוָ֔ה עַד אָ֖נָה לֹ֣א תִשְׁקֹ֑טִי הֵאָֽסְפִי֙ אַל תַּעְרֵ֔ךְ הֵרָגְעִ֖י וָדֹֽמִּי
Haydock's commentary
Sword. He is moved with pity to see so much carnage, but reflects that such is the will of God. Nabuchodonosor was his sword or scourge. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.