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Jer_47:6 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.
Ver. 6. O thou sword of the Lord.] So called because whencesoever it cometh it is bathed in heaven. {Isa_34:5} See Jer_25:29 Jdg_7:18; Jdg_7:20.
How long will it be ere thou be quiet?] Erisne in opere semper? Wilt thou ever be eating flesh and drinking blood? War, the shorter the better. Of the pirates’ war, as the Romans called it, Augustine {a} reporteth to the just commendation of Pompey, that it was by him incredibill celeritate et temporls brevitate eonfectum, quickly despatched and made an end of.
{a} Aug., De Civit. Dei.