8Because of this I will mourn and wail; I will go barefoot and naked; I will make mourning like jackals and mourning like the daughters of an ostrich.9For her wounds are incurable, because she has come as far as Judah; he has touched as far as the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem.10Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all; in Beth-le-aphrah wallow in the dust; wallow.11Pass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness of shame; the inhabitant of Zaanan has not come out; the mourning of Beth-ezel will take his support from you.12For she has trembled for good, inhabitant of Maroth, because evil has gone down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.13Bind the chariot to the steed, inhabitant of Lachish; she is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion, for in you the transgressions of Israel were found.14Therefore you will give parting gifts concerning Moresheth-gath, the houses of Achzib as something deceptive to the kings of Israel.15Still I will bring the possessor to you, inhabitant of Mareshah; the glory of Israel will come as far as Adullam.16Make yourselves bald and shear yourselves because of the sons of your luxuries; enlarge your bald spot like an eagle, for they have been uncovered from you.