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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.