8  ^uFor this I will lament and wail;

I will go ^vstripped and naked;

I will make lamentation ^wlike the jackals,

and mourning ^xlike the ostriches.

9  ^yFor her wound is incurable,

and it has come to Judah;

it has reached to the gate of my people,

to Jerusalem.

10  ^zTell it not in ^aGath;

weep not at all;

in Beth-le-aphrah

^broll yourselves in the dust.

11  Pass on your way,

inhabitants of Shaphir,

^cin nakedness and shame;

the inhabitants of Zaanan

do not come out;

the lamentation of Beth-ezel

shall take away from you its standing place.

12  For the inhabitants of Maroth

wait anxiously for good,

because disaster has come down ^dfrom the Lord

to the gate of Jerusalem.

13  Harness the steeds to the chariots,

inhabitants of ^eLachish;

it was the beginning of sin

to the daughter of Zion,

for in you were found

^fthe transgressions of Israel.

14  Therefore you shall give parting gifts¹

to ^gMoresheth-gath;

the houses of ^hAchzib shall be a deceitful thing

to the kings of Israel.

15  I will again bring ⁱa conqueror to you,

inhabitants of ^hMareshah;

the glory of Israel

shall come to ^jAdullam.

16  ^kMake yourselves bald and cut off your hair,

for the children of your delight;

^kmake yourselves as bald as the eagle,

for they shall go from you into exile.