Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
Baldness
The remnant
Bible References
Baldness
Jeremiah 48:37
Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.
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.
to weep at its high places.
Moab wails on Nebo and at
Every head is shaved;
every beard is cut off.
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.
and horror will overwhelm them.
Shame will cover all their faces,
and all their heads will be bald.
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.
in sorrow for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they have been taken from you into exile.
The remnant
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.
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.
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;
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;
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.
How
Jeremiah 16:1
The word of the Lord came to me:
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.
Jeremiah 48:37
Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped; on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.
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,
1 Kings 18:28
They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed over them.
Mark 5:5
And always, night and day, he was crying out among the tombs and in the mountains and cutting himself with stones.