Jeremiah 47:5

A Message Concerning The Philistines

⁴ 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 islands of Caphtor.
⁵ Baldness is coming to Gaza.
Ashkelon will become silent,
a remnant of their valley.
How long will you gash yourself? ⁶ Oh, sword of the Lord!
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!

How Long

Ashkelon

Gaza

Philistia

Jeremiah 48:37

Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.

Jeremiah 25:20

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;

Jeremiah 41:5

80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria who had shaved their beards, torn their garments, and gashed themselves, and who were carrying grain and incense offerings to bring to the temple of the Lord.

Micah 1:16

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.

Leviticus 19:28

You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am Yahweh.

Leviticus 21:5

“Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.

Deuteronomy 14:1

“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,

Judges 1:18

Judah captured Gaza and its territory, Ashkelon and its territory, and Ekron and its territory.

1 Kings 18:28

They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.

Isaiah 15:2

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 cut off.

Jeremiah 16:1

The word of the Lord came to me:

Jeremiah 47:1

This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh defeated Gaza.

Jeremiah 47:4

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 islands of Caphtor.

Ezekiel 7:18

They will put on sackcloth,
and horror will overwhelm them.
Shame will cover all their faces,
and all their heads will be bald.

Ezekiel 25:16

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.

Amos 1:6-8

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Gaza
for three crimes, even four,
because they exiled a whole community,
handing them over to Edom.

Zephaniah 2:4-7

For Gaza will be abandoned,
and Ashkelon will become a ruin.
Ashdod will be driven out at noon,
and Ekron will be uprooted.

Zechariah 9:5-7

Ashkelon will see it and be afraid;
Gaza too, and will writhe in great pain,
as will Ekron, for her hope will fail.
There will cease to be a king in Gaza,
and Ashkelon will become uninhabited.

Mark 5:5

And always, night and day, he was crying out among the tombs and in the mountains and cutting himself with stones.