They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.
Jeremiah 47:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Baldness is coming to Gaza; Ashkelon will become silent. Remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Baldness [as a token of mourning] will come upon Gaza; Ashkelon will be cut off and be dumb. O remnant of their valley and of the giants, how long will you gash yourselves [as a token of mourning]? American Standard Version (1901) Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? Common English Bible Mourning will come upon Gaza; silence will cover Ashkelon, the few left in their valley. How long will you gash yourselves in grief? Catholic Public Domain Version Baldness has arrived over Gaza. Ashkelon has been silenced, along with the remnant of their valley. And how long will you continue to be cut down? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Baldness is come upon Gaza: Ascalon hath held her peace with the remnant of their valley. How long shalt thou cut thyself? |
They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.
Dibon went up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba. Every head is shaved; every beard is chopped short.
‘Both great and small will die in this land without burial. No lament will be made for them, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
and all the mixed peoples; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the land of the Philistines #– #Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
eighty men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria who had shaved their beards, torn their clothes, and gashed themselves, and who were carrying grain and incense offerings to bring to the temple of the Lord.
This is the word of the Lord that came to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh defeated Gaza.
on account of the day that is coming 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 of the coastland of Caphtor. ,
Indeed, every head is bald and every beard is chopped short. On every hand is a gash and sackcloth round the waist.
therefore this is what the Lord God says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines, cutting off the Cherethites and wiping out what remains of the coastal peoples. ,
They will put on sackcloth, and horror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be bald.
You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.
‘Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.
Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in sorrow for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they have been taken from you into exile.
Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains, he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.
‘You are sons of the Lord your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head on behalf of the dead,
Judah captured Gaza and its territory, Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory.