John Trapp on Jeremiah 47:6
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Jeremiah47:6
Ver. 6. O thou ſword of the Lord] So called becauſe whenceſoever it cometh, it is bathed in heaven, Iſa. 34.5. See chap. 25.29. Judg. 7.18, 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,Aug. de Civit. Dei. Auguſtine reporteth to the juſt commendation of Pompey, that it was by him incredibili celeritate & temporis brevitate confectum, quickly diſpatcht, and made an end of.
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