The people of Gaza will be so sad they will shave their heads. And Ashkelon’s people will be silent. You who remain on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves?

迦萨成了光秃；平原中所剩的亚实基伦归于无有。你用刀划身，要到几时呢？

迦萨成了光秃，亚实基伦归于无有。平原中所剩的啊，你割划自己，要到几时呢？

迦萨成了光秃，亚实基伦归于无有。平原中所剩的啊，你割划自己，要到几时呢？

迦萨一片荒凉，亚实基伦沦为废墟。谷中的余民啊！你们要割伤身体到何时呢？

迦萨成了秃头的，亚实基伦静默无声（“静默无声”或译：“被毁坏了”），在它们的平原上（“在它们的平原上”或参照《七十士译本》译作“亚衲族”〔参书11:21~22〕）余剩的人哪，你们划伤自己的身体要到几时呢？”

迦薩成了光禿；平原中所剩的亞實基倫歸於無有。你用刀劃身，要到幾時呢？

迦薩成了光禿，亞實基倫歸於無有。平原中所剩的啊，你割劃自己，要到幾時呢？

迦薩成了光禿，亞實基倫歸於無有。平原中所剩的啊，你割劃自己，要到幾時呢？

迦薩一片荒涼，亞實基倫淪為廢墟。谷中的餘民啊！你們要割傷身體到何時呢？

迦薩成了禿頭的，亞實基倫靜默無聲（“靜默無聲”或譯：“被毀壞了”），在它們的平原上（“在它們的平原上”或參照《七十士譯本》譯作“亞衲族”〔參書11:21~22〕）餘剩的人哪，你們劃傷自己的身體要到幾時呢？”

迦薩成了光禿；亞實基倫完啦；長頸人餘剩之民哪，你刻劃身體、要到幾時呢？

迦薩已髠、谷中亞實基倫之餘、歸於烏有、爾割己身、伊於胡底、

迦薩人已薙厥髮、亞實基倫已絶、谷之遺民自毀其身、伊於胡底。

迦薩悉除髮、亞實基倫已亡、平原遺民歟、割傷己身、將至何時、

Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. You remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves?

Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has perished. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourselves?

Gaza will be humiliated, its head shaved bald; Ashkelon will lie silent. You remnant from the Mediterranean coast, how long will you cut yourselves in mourning?

Baldness is coming to Gaza; Ashkelon will become silent. Remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?

Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has been destroyed. Remnant of their valley, How long will you gash yourself?

Baldness has come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is cut off With the remnant of their valley. How long will you cut yourself?

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nought, the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

Baldness is coming to Gaza. Ashkelon will become silent, a remnant of their valley. How long will you gash yourself?

Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off[ with] the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning. The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb. How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow, you who remain of Philistia’s power?

Baldness has come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?

Every head is shaved. Every beard is cut off. Every hand is cut. And every waist is covered with the clothes of sadness.

all the people from other lands who lived there all the kings of Uz the Philistine kings of Ashkelon, Gaza and Ekron the Philistines still living in Ashdod

On that day 80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards. They had torn their clothes. And they had cut themselves. They brought grain offerings and incense with them. They took them to the Lord’ s house.

The children you enjoy so much will be taken away as prisoners. So shave your heads and mourn. Make them as bare as the head of a vulture.

The Lord continues,“ I am about to reach out my hand against the Philistines. I will wipe out the Kerethites. I will destroy those who remain along the coast.

“‘ Do not make cuts on your bodies when someone dies. Do not put marks on your skin. I am the Lord.

Ashkelon will see it and become afraid. Gaza will groan with pain. So will Ekron. Its hope will vanish. Gaza will no longer have a king. Ashkelon will be deserted.A people who come from several nations will take over Ashdod. The Lord says,“ I will put an end to the pride of the Philistines.They will no longer drink the blood of their animal sacrifices. I will remove the‘ unclean’ food from between their teeth. The Philistines who are left will belong to our God. They will become a family group in Judah. And Ekron will be like the Jebusites. So the Philistines will become part of Israel.

A message from the Lord came to me. He said,

The people of Dibon go up to their temple to worship. They go to their high places to weep. The people of Moab cry over the cities of Nebo and Medeba. All their heads are shaved. All their beards have been cut off.

So they shouted louder. They cut themselves with swords and spears until their blood flowed. That’s what they usually did when things really looked hopeless.

“‘ Priests must not shave any part of their heads. They must not shave off the edges of their beards. They must not make cuts on their bodies when someone dies.

Gaza will be deserted. Ashkelon will be destroyed. Ashdod will be emptied out at noon. Ekron will be pulled up by its roots.How terrible it will be for you Kerethites who live by the Mediterranean Sea! Philistia, the Lord has spoken against you. What happened to Canaan will happen to you. The Lord says,“ I will destroy you. No one will be left.”The land by the sea will become grasslands. It will have wells for shepherds and pens for flocks.That land will belong to those who are still left alive among the people of Judah. They will find grasslands there. They will take over the houses in Ashkelon and live in them. The Lord their God will take care of them. He will bless them with great success again.

The Lord says,“ The people of Gaza have sinned again and again. So I will judge them. They captured whole communities. They sold them to Edom.So I will send fire to destroy the walls of Gaza. It will burn up its forts.I will kill the king of Ashdod. He holds the ruler’s scepter in Ashkelon. I will use my power against Ekron. Every single Philistine will die,” says the Lord and King.

They will put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. They will put on terror as if it were their clothes. Every face will be covered with shame. Every head will be shaved.

The day has come to destroy all the Philistines. The time has come to remove all those who could help Tyre and Sidon. I am about to destroy the Philistines. I will not leave anyone alive who came from the coasts of Crete.

You are the children of the Lord your God. Don’t cut yourselves to honor the dead. Don’t shave the front of your heads to honor the dead.

The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon and Ekron. They also captured the territory around each of those cities.

Night and day he screamed among the tombs and in the hills. He cut himself with stones.

A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet. It was about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked the city of Gaza.