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# Baldness will come upon Gaza

"The people of Gaza will shave their heads bald"

# Baldness

This is a sign of great sorrow practiced by idol worshipers in nations such as Philistia.

# Ashkelon has been silenced

Possible meanings: the people are silent because they are mourning or the enemy soldiers have killed them.

# You remnant in their valley, how long will you cut yourself?

"You people who remain in their valley, how long will you cut yourselves?"

# their valley

the valley in which the Philistines of Gaza and Ashkelon lived

# how long will you cut yourself?

"you will forever cut yourself."

# cut yourself

"cut yourself in mourning". Another practice done by the idol worshipers when they mourned the dead.