Jeremiah 47:5

New Century Version

The people from the city of Gaza will be sad and shave their heads. The people from the city of Ashkelon will be made silent. Those left alive from the valley, how long will you cut yourselves?

Cross References

1 Kings 18:28

The prophets prayed louder, cutting themselves with swords and spears until their blood flowed, which was the way they worshiped.

Isaiah 15:2

The people of Dibon go to the places of worship to cry. The people of Moab cry for the cities of Nebo and Medeba. Every head and beard has been shaved to show how sad Moab is.

Jeremiah 16:1

Then the Lord spoke his word to me:

Jeremiah 16:6

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

Jeremiah 25:20

and all the foreigners there; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines (the kings of the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod);

Jeremiah 41:5

eighty men came to Mizpah bringing grain offerings and incense to the Temple of the Lord. Those men from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves.

Jeremiah 47:1

Before the king of Egypt attacked the city of Gaza, the Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah the prophet. This message is to the Philistine people.

Jeremiah 47:4

The time has come to destroy all the Philistines. It is time to destroy all who are left alive who could help the cities of Tyre and Sidon. The Lord will soon destroy the Philistines, those left alive from the island of Crete.

Jeremiah 48:37

Every head has been shaved and every beard cut off. Everyone’s hands are cut, and everyone wears rough cloth around his waist.

Ezekiel 25:16

So this is what the Lord God says: I will use my power against the Philistines. I will kill the Kerethites, and I will destroy those people still alive on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

Ezekiel 7:18

They will put on rough cloth to show how sad they are. They will tremble all over with fear. Their faces will show their shame, and all their heads will be shaved.

Leviticus 19:28

You must not cut your body to show sadness for someone who died or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:5

“ ‘Priests must not shave their heads, or shave off the edges of their beards, or cut their bodies.

Micah 1:16

Cut off your hair to show you are sad for the children you love. Make yourself bald like the eagle, because your children will be taken away to a foreign land.

Mark 5:5

Day and night he would wander around the burial caves and on the hills, screaming and cutting himself with stones.

Deuteronomy 14:1

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

Judges 1:18

The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the lands around them.