ESV: How can it be quiet when the Lord has given it a charge? Against Ashkelon and against the seashore he has appointed it."
NIV: But how can it rest when the Lord has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?"
NASB: How can it be quiet, When the Lord has given it an order? Against Ashkelon and against the sea shore— There He has summoned it.'
CSB: How can it rest when the Lord has given it a command? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.
NLT: 'But how can it be still when the Lord has sent it on a mission? For the city of Ashkelon and the people living along the sea must be destroyed.'
KJV: How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
NKJV: How can it be quiet, Seeing the Lord has given it a charge Against Ashkelon and against the seashore? There He has appointed it.”