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Jeremiah 47:5

WEB

5Baldness has come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing. You remnant of their valley, how long will you cut yourself?

KJV

5Baldness[+] is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

BSB

5[+] The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley,[+] how long will you gash yourself?

FBV

5The people of Gaza will shave their heads;[+] the town of Ashkelon lies in ruins. You who are left on the coastal plain, how long will you go on cutting yourself?

Extra References

Jeremiah 48:37

37For every head is bald, and every beard clipped. There are cuttings on all the hands, and sackcloth on the waist.

Jeremiah 25:20

20and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

Micah 1:16

16Shave your heads, and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the vulture, for they have gone into captivity from you!

Jeremiah 41:5

5men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with meal offerings and frankincense in their hand, to bring them to the LORD’s house.

Zephaniah 2:4-7

4For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up. 5Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The LORD’s word is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you until there is no inhabitant. 6The sea coast will be pastures, with cottages for shepherds and folds for flocks. 7The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will find pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will lie down in the evening, for the LORD, their God, [+] will visit them and restore them.

Amos 1:6-8

6The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they carried away captive the whole community, to deliver them up to Edom; 7but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces. 8I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord[+] GOD.

Deuteronomy 14:1

1You are the children of the LORD your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Jeremiah 47:4

4because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains; for the LORD will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.

Jeremiah 16:1

1Then the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

Jeremiah 47:1

1The LORD’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck Gaza.