Jeremiah 47:5

Jeremiah 47:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
• New International Version (NIV)Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. You remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has perished. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourselves?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Baldness has come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is cut off With the remnant of their valley. How long will you cut yourself?

Context of Jeremiah 47:5

3At the sound of the stomping hooves of his stallions, the rumbling of his chariots, and the clatter of their wheels, fathers will not turn back for their sons. They will be utterly helpless 4on 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. Baldness is coming to Gaza; Ashkelon will become silent. Remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself? 6Oh, sword of the Lord! How long will you be restless? Go back to your sheath; be still; be silent! 7How can it rest when the Lord has given it a command? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.

Jeremiah 47:5 word by word

בָּ֤אָה קָרְחָה֙ אֶל־עַזָּ֔ה נִדְמְתָ֥ה אַשְׁקְל֖וֹן שְׁאֵרִ֣ית עִמְקָ֑ם עַד־מָתַ֖י תִּתְגּוֹדָֽדִי׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Baldnessקׇרְחָהqorchâh qorchâ' · bald spotH7144
• is comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• upon Gazaעַזָּה‛azzâh · GazaH5804
• Ashkelonאַשְׁקְלוֹן'ashqelôn · AshkelonH831
• is cut offדָּמָהdâmâh · to ceaseH1820
• the remnantשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
• of their valleyעֵ֫מֶק‛êmeq · valleyH6010
• how long wilt thou cutגָּדַדgâdad · to cutH1413

Cross-references for Jeremiah 47:5

• Jeremiah 48:37Indeed, every head is bald and every beard is chopped short. On every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist.
• Isaiah 15:2Dibon 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.
• Ezekiel 7:18They will put on sackcloth, and horror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be bald.
• Micah 1:16Shave 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.
• Jeremiah 47:1This is the word of the Lord that came to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh defeated Gaza.
• Amos 1:6The 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 2:4For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will become a ruin. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
• Zechariah 9:5Ashkelon 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.
• Jeremiah 47:4on 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.
• Jeremiah 25:20and 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;
• Ezekiel 25:16therefore 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.
• Jeremiah 16:1The word of the Lord came to me:
• Jeremiah 41:5eighty 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.
• Leviticus 19:28You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.
• 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,

Commentaries on Jeremiah 47:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Baldness is come upon Gaza - They have cut off their hair in token of deep sorrow and distress. Ashkelon is cut off - Or put to silence; another mark of the deepest sorrow. Ashkelon was one of the five seignories of the Philistines, Gaza was another. The remnant of their valley - Or plain; for the whole land of the Philistines was a vast plain, which extended along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea from Phoenicia to the frontiers of Egypt. The whole of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Baldness - Extreme mourning (see Jeremiah 16:6). Is cut off - Others render, is speechless through grief. With the remnant of their valley - Others, O remnant of their valley, how long wilt thou cut thyself? Their valley is that of Gaza and Ashkelon, the low-lying plain, usually called the Shefelah, which formed the territory of the Philistines. The reading of the Septuagint is remarkable: “the remnant of the Anakim,” which probably would mean Gath, the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Gaza was a major Philistine city. shave their heads: The people expressed their grief by shaving their heads (compare Isaiah 15:2; Micah 1:16). Ashkelon, another Philistine city a few miles north on the coast, would become empty.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Baldness ... cut thyself--Palestine is represented as a female who has torn off her hair and cut her flesh, the heathenish (Le 19:28) token of mourning (Jr 48:37). their valley--the long strip of low plain occupied by the Philistines along the Mediterranean, west of the mountains of Judea. The Septuagint reads Anakim, the remains of whom were settled in those regions (Nu 13:28). Joshua dislodged them so that none were left but in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 47:5

• Ashkelon
• Baldness

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 47

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings