en_tn_condensed/jer/47/05.md

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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.