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Because of this I will weep and wail; I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl.

For her wound is incurable; it has come to Judah. It ^(F1) has reached the very gate of my people, even to Jerusalem itself.

Tell it not in Gath ^(F2) ; weep not at all. ^(F3) In Beth Ophrah ^(F4) roll in the dust.

Pass on in nakedness and shame, you who live in Shaphir. ^(F5) Those who live in Zaanan ^(F6) will not come out. Beth Ezel is in mourning; its protection is taken from you.

Those who live in Maroth ^(F7) writhe in pain, waiting for relief, because disaster has come from the LORD , even to the gate of Jerusalem.

You who live in Lachish, ^(F8) harness the team to the chariot. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

Therefore you will give parting gifts to Moresheth Gath. The town of Aczib ^(F9) will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.

I will bring a conqueror against you who live in Mareshah. He who is the glory of Israel will come to Adullam.

Shave your heads in mourning for the children in whom you delight; make yourselves as bald as the vulture, for they will go from you into exile.