Jeremiah 47:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The people from Gaza will be sad and shave their heads. The people from Ashkelon will be silenced. Survivors from the valley, how long will you cut yourselves?

Cross References

Jeremiah 48:37

Everyone has a shaved head. Everyone’s beard is cut off. Everyone’s hands are cut and bleeding. Everyone is wearing sackcloth around their waists.

Jeremiah 25:20

I also made all the Arabs and all the kings of the land of Uz drink from the cup. I made all the kings of the land of the Philistines drink from the cup. These were the kings of the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of the city Ashdod.

Micah 1:16

So cut off your hair, make yourself bald, because you will cry for the children you love. Make yourself bald like an eagle and show your sadness, because your children will be taken away from you.

Mark 5:5

Day and night he stayed around the burial caves and on the hills. He would scream and cut himself with rocks.

Ezekiel 25:16

So the Lord GOD said, “I will punish the Philistines. Yes, I will destroy those people from Crete. I will completely destroy those people who live on the seacoast.

Ezekiel 7:18

They will wear sackcloth and be covered with fear. You will see the shame on every face. They will shave their heads to show their sadness.

Jeremiah 47:4

because the time has come to destroy all the Philistines. The time has come to destroy Tyre and Sidon’s remaining helpers. The Lord will destroy the Philistines, the survivors from the Island of Crete.

Jeremiah 47:1

This is the message from the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines. This message came before Pharaoh attacked the city of Gaza.

Jeremiah 16:1

The Lord’s message came to me:

Isaiah 15:2

The king’s family and the people of Dibon go to the places of worship to cry. The people of Moab are crying for Nebo and Medeba. They have shaved their heads and beards to show their sadness.

1 Kings 18:28

So the prophets prayed louder. They cut themselves with swords and spears. (This was the way they worshiped.) They cut themselves until they were bleeding all over.

Judges 1:18

The men of Judah also captured the cities of Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron and all the small towns around them.

Deuteronomy 14:1

“You are the children of the Lord your God. When someone dies, you must not cut yourselves or shave your heads to show your sadness.

Leviticus 21:5

“Priests must not shave their heads bald. They must not shave off the edges of their beards. They must not make any cuts in their bodies.

Leviticus 19:28

You must not cut your body as a way to remember the dead. You must not make any tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.

Jeremiah 16:6

“Important people and common people will die in the land of Judah. No one will bury them or cry for them. No one will cut himself or shave his head to show sorrow for them.