Jeremiah 47:5

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Gaza is shaven bare; Ashkelon is silenced. You remnant of their valley, how long will you cut yourselves in mourning?

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  • Jer 48:37 : 37 Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off, gashes are on all their hands, and sackcloth is wrapped around their waists.
  • Jer 25:20 : 20 All the mixed peoples and all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the Philistine cities: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod.
  • Jer 41:5 : 5 eighty men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, with their beards shaved, their clothes torn, and their bodies cut, bringing grain offerings and incense in their hands to present at the house of the LORD.
  • Mic 1:16 : 16 Shave your head bald and cut off your hair because of your precious children. Make yourself as bald as the eagle, for they have been taken away from you into exile.
  • Zeph 2:4-7 : 4 For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will become a ruin. At noon Ashdod will be driven out, and Ekron will be uprooted. 5 Woe to you who live by the sea, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines. I will destroy you, and there will be no inhabitants left. 6 The seacoast will become pasturelands, with meadows for shepherds and sheepfolds. 7 The land along the coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will graze. In the evening, they will lie down in the houses of Ashkelon. The Lord their God will care for them and restore their fortunes.
  • Zech 9:5-7 : 5 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid; Gaza too, and will writhe in great anguish, and Ekron, because its hope will be disappointed. The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited. 6 A foreigner will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 7 I will remove the blood from their mouths and their detestable things from between their teeth. Those who are left will belong to our God; they will become like a clan leader in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
  • Mark 5:5 : 5 Night and day, he would cry out among the tombs and in the mountains, cutting himself with stones.
  • Ezek 7:18 : 18 They will put on sackcloth, and horror will cover them. Shame will be on every face, and every head will be shaved.
  • Ezek 25:16 : 16 therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant living on the coast.
  • Amos 1:6-8 : 6 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because they deported an entire population to deliver them over to Edom.' 7 So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will consume her palaces. 8 'I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,' says the Lord GOD.
  • Jer 47:1 : 1 This is the message of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet regarding the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
  • Jer 47:4 : 4 For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off every survivor who could help Tyre and Sidon. Indeed, the LORD is destroying the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.
  • Lev 19:28 : 28 Do not make cuts on your body for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
  • Lev 21:5 : 5 They must not shave bald spots on their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or make cuts on their bodies.
  • Deut 14:1 : 1 You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave a bald spot on your foreheads for the dead.
  • Judg 1:18 : 18 Then Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron, along with their surrounding territories.
  • 1 Kgs 18:28 : 28 So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.
  • Isa 15:2 : 2 They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved, and every beard is cut off.
  • Jer 16:1 : 1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 47:4
    78%

    4For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off every survivor who could help Tyre and Sidon. Indeed, the LORD is destroying the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

  • Jer 47:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6'Ah, sword of the LORD!' How long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!

    7But how can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and the coast of the sea.

  • Amos 1:7-8
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    7So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will consume her palaces.

    8'I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,' says the Lord GOD.

  • Zech 9:5-6
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    5Ashkelon will see it and be afraid; Gaza too, and will writhe in great anguish, and Ekron, because its hope will be disappointed. The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited.

    6A foreigner will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

  • Mic 1:16
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    16Shave your head bald and cut off your hair because of your precious children. Make yourself as bald as the eagle, for they have been taken away from you into exile.

  • Jer 48:37
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    37Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off, gashes are on all their hands, and sackcloth is wrapped around their waists.

  • Zeph 2:4-5
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    4For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will become a ruin. At noon Ashdod will be driven out, and Ekron will be uprooted.

    5Woe to you who live by the sea, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines. I will destroy you, and there will be no inhabitants left.

  • Jer 47:1
    72%

    1This is the message of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet regarding the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.

  • 2 Sam 1:19-20
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    71%

    19Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your high places. How the mighty have fallen!

    20Do not tell it in Gath, do not announce it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

  • Jer 7:29
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    29Cut off your hair and throw it away, and raise a lament on the barren heights, for the LORD has rejected and abandoned the generation of his wrath.

  • Isa 7:20
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    20On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head, the hair of your legs, and also take off your beard.

  • Ezek 25:15-16
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    15This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts, seeking to destroy Judah with perpetual hostility,

    16therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant living on the coast.

  • Ezek 7:18
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    18They will put on sackcloth, and horror will cover them. Shame will be on every face, and every head will be shaved.

  • Ezek 5:1
    70%

    1And you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it like a razor for barbers, and pass it over your head and your beard. Then take scales to weigh and divide the hair.

  • Judg 16:22
    69%

    22But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.

  • Lev 21:5
    69%

    5They must not shave bald spots on their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or make cuts on their bodies.

  • 1 Sam 17:52
    69%

    52The men of Israel and Judah rose up, shouted, and pursued the Philistines all the way to the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. The dead Philistines lay scattered along the road to Shaaraim, as far as Gath and Ekron.

  • Isa 22:12
    69%

    12In that day the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, called you to weeping, wailing, shaving your heads, and wearing sackcloth.

  • Lev 13:40-41
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    40If a man loses hair from his head, he is bald, but he is clean.

    41If he loses hair from the front of his head, he has partial baldness, but he is clean.

  • Deut 14:1
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    1You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave a bald spot on your foreheads for the dead.

  • Num 6:5
    68%

    5Throughout the length of their vow, no razor may touch their head. Until the time of their dedication to the LORD is complete, they are to be holy and allow the hair of their head to grow long.

  • Ezek 27:31
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    31They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. In deep anguish and bitter mourning, they will weep for you.

  • Ezek 16:27
    68%

    27So now I have stretched out my hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the greed of your enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.

  • Isa 15:2
    67%

    2They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved, and every beard is cut off.

  • Josh 13:3
    67%

    3From the Shihor River (which is near Egypt) to the northern boundary of Ekron, which is counted as part of the Canaanite land; the five rulers of the Philistines—Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron—and the Avvites.

  • Isa 3:17
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    17therefore the Lord will make the crowns of the daughters of Zion scabby, and the LORD will expose their secret parts.'

  • Judg 16:17
    67%

    17So he told her everything: 'No razor has ever been used on my head,' he said, 'because I have been a Nazirite dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.'

  • Isa 14:31
    67%

    31Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! All of Philistia is dissolved. For smoke comes from the north, and there is no straggler in its ranks.

  • Jer 16:6
    67%

    6Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned; no one will cut themselves or shave their heads for them in mourning.

  • Isa 3:24-25
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    24Instead of perfume, there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well-set hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.

    25Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

  • Jer 25:20
    67%

    20All the mixed peoples and all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the Philistine cities: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod.

  • Mic 5:11
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    11I will remove sorceries from your hand, and you will have no more soothsayers.

  • Judg 16:19
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    19After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven locks of his hair, and so began to subdue him. And his strength left him.

  • 2 Kgs 18:8
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    8He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.

  • Judg 13:5
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    5For you will conceive and give birth to a son, and no razor is to touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from birth. He will begin to rescue Israel from the power of the Philistines.

  • Jer 41:5
    66%

    5eighty men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, with their beards shaved, their clothes torn, and their bodies cut, bringing grain offerings and incense in their hands to present at the house of the LORD.

  • Ezek 44:20
    66%

    20They must neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed.

  • 1 Sam 5:7
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    7When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The Ark of the God of Israel cannot stay with us, for His hand is harsh against us and our god Dagon.”

  • Lev 13:33
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    33The person must shave, but they must not shave the infected area. The priest will isolate them for another seven days.

  • 2 Chr 28:18
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    18The Philistines also raided towns in the foothills and the Negev of Judah. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its villages, Timnah and its villages, and Gimzo and its villages.

  • Jer 25:37
    66%

    37The peaceful pastures will be silent because of the LORD's fierce anger.

  • Lev 19:27
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    27Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.