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Therefore I will wail and howl , I will gostripped* and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls*.[a]
9
For her wound is incurable ; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10
Declare ye it not at Gath,weep ye not at all : in the house of Aphrah[b]roll thyself in the dust.
11
Pass ye away , thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shamenaked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
12
For the inhabitant[c] of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
13
O thou inhabitant[d] of Lachish,bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
14
Therefore shalt thou givepresents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
15
Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant[e] of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
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Make thee bald , and poll thee for thy delicatechildren;enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.