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OET (OET-LV) alas Oh_sword to/for_YHWH until when not you_will_be_inactive gather_yourself not sheath_of_your rest and_be_still.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
(Occurrence 0) sword of Yahweh! How long will it be until you become silent? Go back to your scabbard! Stop and be silent.
(Some words not found in UHB: ah sword to/for=YHWH until at_where? not quiet put not sheath_of,your rest and,be_still )
The Philistines speak to the sword of Yahweh as if it were a person who could hear them. Alternate translation: “Yahweh, you who are holding your sword! When will you stop striking us with your sword? Stop your sword and put it back in its scabbard!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) sword of Yahweh
(Some words not found in UHB: ah sword to/for=YHWH until at_where? not quiet put not sheath_of,your rest and,be_still )
Yahweh punishing the Philistines by sending the army from the north is spoken of as if Yahweh were striking them with a sword.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) How long will it be until you become silent?
(Some words not found in UHB: ah sword to/for=YHWH until at_where? not quiet put not sheath_of,your rest and,be_still )
The people of the Philistines use this question to express their deep frustration about the devastation caused by their enemies. This may be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: “Please be silent!” or “Please, Yahweh, stop striking us with your sword!”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
(Occurrence 0) you become silent
(Some words not found in UHB: ah sword to/for=YHWH until at_where? not quiet put not sheath_of,your rest and,be_still )
A sword makes a noise as it slashes back and forth. Asking the sword to be silent means to ask it to stop slashing and killing. Alternate translation: “you rest” or “you stop slashing”
(Occurrence 0) scabbard
(Some words not found in UHB: ah sword to/for=YHWH until at_where? not quiet put not sheath_of,your rest and,be_still )
This is the case used to protect the blade of a sword.
47:6 O sword of the Lord: God used the Babylonians to enact his justice. This request might have come from the Philistine cities being attacked by the Babylonians. The people were eager for the attacks against them to stop.
OET (OET-LV) alas Oh_sword to/for_YHWH until when not you_will_be_inactive gather_yourself not sheath_of_your rest and_be_still.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
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