8 Therefore I will lament and wail, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.
9 For her wound is incurable; for it has come unto Judah; it has come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10 Declare it not at Gath, weep not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll yourself in the dust.
11 Pass on your way, you inhabitant of Saphir, in naked shame: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth at the mourning of Bethezel; he shall take from you his standing place.
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited anxiously for good: but disaster came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
13 O you inhabitant of Lachish, harness the chariot to the swift steeds: it is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
14 Therefore shall you give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a deceit to the kings of Israel.