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What does Jeremiah 47:5 mean?

Gaza’s been shaved bald, Ashkelon is silent. You survivors from the valley, how long will you keep cutting yourselves? Jeremiah 47:5 - Modern Text Bible

(The Philistine cities are devastated, and the survivors are mourning and desperate.)