# 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.