Jeremiah 47:5

Good News Translation

Great sorrow has come to the people of Gaza, and Ashkelon's people are silent. How long will the rest of Philistia mourn?

Cross References

1 Kings 18:28

So the prophets prayed louder and cut themselves with knives and daggers, according to their ritual, until blood flowed.

Isaiah 15:2

The people of Dibon climb the hill to weep at the shrine. The people of Moab wail in grief over the cities of Nebo and Medeba; they have shaved their heads and their beards in grief.

Jeremiah 16:1

Again the Lord spoke to me and said,

Jeremiah 16:6

The rich and the poor will die in this land, but no one will bury them or mourn for them. Not one of you will gash yourself or shave your head to show your grief.

Jeremiah 41:5

eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and gashed themselves. They were taking grain and incense to offer in the Temple.

Jeremiah 47:1

Before the king of Egypt attacked Gaza, the Lord spoke to me about Philistia.

Jeremiah 47:4

The time has come to destroy Philistia, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon all the help that remains. I, the Lord, will destroy the Philistines, all who came from the shores of Crete.

Jeremiah 48:37

All of them have shaved their heads and cut off their beards. They have all made gashes on their hands, and everyone is wearing sackcloth.

Ezekiel 25:16

And so I am announcing that I will attack the Philistines and wipe them out. I will destroy everyone left living there on the Philistine Plain.

Ezekiel 7:18

They will put on sackcloth and they will tremble all over. Their heads will be shaved, and they will all be disgraced.

Leviticus 19:28

or tattoo yourselves or cut gashes in your body to mourn for the dead. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:5

“No priest shall shave any part of his head or trim his beard or cut gashes on his body to show that he is in mourning.

Micah 1:16

People of Judah, cut off your hair in mourning for the children you love. Make yourselves as bald as vultures, because your children will be taken away from you into exile.

Mark 5:5

Day and night he wandered among the tombs and through the hills, screaming and cutting himself with stones.

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are the people of the Lord your God. So when you mourn for the dead, don't gash yourselves or shave the front of your head, as other people do.

Judges 1:18

The Lord helped the people of Judah, and they took possession of the hill country. But they did not capture Gaza, Ashkelon, or Ekron, with their surrounding territories. These people living along the coast had iron chariots, and so the people of Judah were not able to drive them out.