Baldne – Extreme mourning .

Is cut off – Others render, is speechle through grief.

With the remnant of their valley…

Baldness is come upon Gaza. —This baldness is the outward sign of extreme mourning (Jeremiah 48:37; [Referenc…

The Prophet returns again to what is figurative, that he might more fully illustrate his prophecy and more powerfully move the Jews. Now by bal…

Baldness has come upon Gaza
The Targum is, "vengeance has come to the inhabitants of Gaza." It has become like a man…

The Philistines had always been enemies to Israel; but the Chaldean army shall overflow their land like a deluge. Those whom God will spoil, must b…