8For this I will be full of sorrow and give cries of grief; I will go uncovered and unclothed: I will give cries of grief like the jackals and will be in sorrow like the ostriches.
9For her wounds may not be made well: for it has come even to Judah, stretching up to the doorway of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10Give no word of it in Gath, let there be no weeping at all: at Beth-le-aphrah be rolling in the dust.
11Be uncovered and go away, you who are living in Shaphir: the one living in Zaanan has not come out of her town; Beth-ezel is taken away from its base, even from its resting-place.
12For the one living in Maroth is waiting for good: for evil has come down from the Lord to the doorways of Jerusalem.
13Let the war-carriage be yoked to the quick-running horse, you who are living in Lachish: she was the first cause of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the wrongdoings of Israel were seen in you.
14For this cause give a parting offering to Moresheth-gath: the daughter of Achzib will be a deceit to the king of Israel.
