Context 3Because of the noise of the galloping hoofs of his stallions,The tumult of his chariots, and the rumbling of his wheels, The fathers have not turned back for their children, Because of the limpness of their hands, 4On account of the day that is coming 5Baldness has come upon Gaza; 6Ah, sword of the LORD, 7How can it be quiet, Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAt the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers look not back to their children for feebleness of hands; Douay-Rheims Bible At the noise of the marching of arms, and of his soldiers, at the rushing of his chariots, and the multitude of his wheels. The fathers have not looked back to the children, for feebleness of hands, Darby Bible Translation at the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his steeds, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels: fathers shall not look back for their children, from feebleness of hands; English Revised Version At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers look not back to their children for feebleness of hands; Webster's Bible Translation At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands: World English Bible At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don't look back to their children for feebleness of hands; Young's Literal Translation From the sound of the stamping of the hoofs of his mighty ones, From the rushing of his chariot, the noise of his wheels, Fathers have not turned unto sons, From feebleness of hands, Library The Sword of the Lord'O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 7. How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge?'--JER. xlvii. 6, 7. The prophet is here in the full tide of his prophecies against the nations round about. This paragraph is entirely occupied with threatenings. Bearing the cup of woes, he turns to one after another of the ancestral enemies of Israel, Egypt and Philistia on the south and west, Moab on the south and … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Appendix ii. Jeremiah Links Jeremiah 47:3 NIV • Jeremiah 47:3 NLT • Jeremiah 47:3 ESV • Jeremiah 47:3 NASB • Jeremiah 47:3 KJV • Jeremiah 47:3 Bible Apps • Jeremiah 47:3 Parallel • Bible Hub |