7. “And all her carved images shall be beaten in pieces, and all her gifts be burned with the fire. And all her idols I shall lay waste, for she gathered it from the hire of a whore, and they shall return to the hire of a whore.”
8. Because of this I lament and howl. I go stripped and naked. I make a lamentation like jackals, and a mourning like ostriches.
9. For her wounds are incurable. For it has come to Yehuḏah, it has come to the gate of My people, to Yerushalayim.
10. Do not declare it in Gath, weep not at all in Bĕyth Aphrah, roll yourself in the dust.
11. Pass by in nakedness and shame, you inhabitant of Shaphir. The inhabitant of Tsa’anan has not gone out. The lamentation of Bĕyth Ětsel takes from you its standing place.
12. Though the inhabitants of Maroth waited for good, yet evil came down from יהוה to the gate of Yerushalayim.
13. O inhabitant of Laḵish, harness the chariot to the horse – she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Tsiyon – for the transgressions of Yisra’ĕl were found in you.
14. Therefore you shall give parting gifts to Moresheth Gath, the houses of Aḵziḇ becoming a deception to the sovereigns of Yisra’ĕl.
15. Again I shall bring a dispossessor to you, O inhabitant of Marĕshah. The esteem of Yisra’ĕl shall come to Aḏullam.
16. Make yourself bald and cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like an eagle, for they shall be exiled from you.