8 Because of this I will lament and wail,I will go about barefoot and naked;I will howl like the jackalsand moan like owlets.
9 For her wound is mortal,for it has come to Judah;it has extended to the gate of my people,to Jerusalem.
10 Do not tell it in Gath,do not weep at all;in Beth Ophrah,roll around in the dust.
11 Pass on your way,inhabitants of Shaphir, naked and ashamed;the inhabitants of Zaananhave not come out.The mourning of Beth Ezelhas taken from you its foothold.
12 Indeed the inhabitants of Marothwait anxiously for good,because calamity has come down from the Lordto the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Harness the chariot to the steeds,inhabitants of Lachish.It was the beginning of sinto the daughter of Zion,because in you were foundthe transgressions of Israel.
14 Therefore you will give parting giftsto Moresheth Gath;the houses of Akzib will be deceptionto the kings of Israel.