Jeremiah 47:5

God's Word

Gaza will shave its head in mourning. Ashkelon will be destroyed. How long will you cut yourselves, you people left on the plains?

Cross References

1 Kings 18:28

So they shouted louder. They also cut themselves with swords and spears until their blood flowed. (This is what their ritual called for.)

Isaiah 15:2

The people of Dibon go to the temple, to the worship sites, to cry. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved bald, and every beard is cut off.

Jeremiah 16:1

The Lord spoke his word to me. He said,

Jeremiah 16:6

“Old and young alike will die in this land. No one will mourn for them or bury them. No one will cut his own body or shave his own head for them.

Jeremiah 25:20

and all the foreign people living among them; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of Philistia, those from the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, and Ekron, and the people left in Ashdod;

Jeremiah 41:5

80 men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. Their beards were shaved off, their clothes were torn, and cuts were on their bodies. They brought grain offerings and incense to the Lord’s temple.

Jeremiah 47:1

The Lord spoke this message to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh defeated Gaza.

Jeremiah 47:4

The time has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon any Philistine who might have escaped to get help. The Lord will destroy the Philistines and anyone who is left from the island of Crete.

Jeremiah 48:37

“Every head is shaved, and every beard is cut off. There are gashes on every hand and sackcloth on every waist.

Ezekiel 25:16

So this is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m going to use my power against the Philistines, cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the people that are left on the coast.

Ezekiel 7:18

They will put on sackcloth, and horror will cover them. All their faces will be covered with shame, and every head will be shaved.

Leviticus 19:28

Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:5

“You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies.

Micah 1:16

Shave your head in mourning for the children you love. Make yourselves as bald as vultures because your children will be taken from you into exile.

Mark 5:5

Night and day he was among the tombs and on the mountainsides screaming and cutting himself with stones.

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the children of the Lord your God. So when someone dies, don’t ⌞mourn⌟ by cutting yourselves or shaving bald spots on your head.

Judges 1:18

Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron with their territories.