Jeremiah 47:5 “The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will b…”

Jeremiah 47:5

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?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

Geneva Bible 1599

Baldenes is come vpon Azzah: Ashkelon is cut vp with the rest of their valleys. Howe long wilt thou thy selfe?

Darby Translation

Baldness is come upon Gazah; Ashkelon is cut off, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

Young's Literal Translation

Come hath baldness unto Gaza, Cut off hath been Ashkelon, O remnant of their valley, Till when dost thou cut thyself?

Bible in Basic English

The hair is cut off from the head of Gaza; Ashkelon has come to nothing; the last of the Anakim are deeply wounding themselves.

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Cross references

“Baldness”

Jeremiah 48:37 Micah 1:16 Isaiah 15:2 Ezekiel 7:18

Jeremiah 48:37 · BSB

For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.

Micah 1:16 · BSB

Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.

Isaiah 15:2 · BSB

Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.

Ezekiel 7:18 · BSB

They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

“Gaza”

Jeremiah 47:1 Amos 1:6–8 Zephaniah 2:4–7 Zechariah 9:5–7

Jeremiah 47:1 · BSB

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.

Amos 1:6–8 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.

Zephaniah 2:4–7 · BSB

For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.

Zechariah 9:5–7 · BSB

Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.

“the remnant”

Jeremiah 25:20 Jeremiah 47:4 Ezekiel 25:16

Jeremiah 25:20 · BSB

all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;

Jeremiah 47:4 · BSB

For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

Ezekiel 25:16 · BSB

therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.

“how”

Jeremiah 41:5 Jeremiah 16:1 Leviticus 19:28 Leviticus 21:5 Deuteronomy 14:1 1 Kings 18:28

Jeremiah 41:5 · BSB

eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 16:1 · BSB

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Leviticus 19:28 · BSB

You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 21:5 · BSB

Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

Deuteronomy 14:1 · BSB

You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

1 Kings 18:28 · BSB

So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.

Also

Judges 1:18

Judges 1:18 · BSB

And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’

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