9. For her wounds are incurable, because it has come to Judah. It has reached to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem.
10. Do not tell it in Gath; you must not weep at all. In Beth-le-Aphrah roll yourself in dust.
11. Pass on, you inhabitants of Shaphir, in naked shame. The inhabitants of Zaanan do not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ha-Ezel will take its protection from you.
12. For the inhabitants of Maroth writhed for good, because disaster has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.
13. Harness the chariot to the team of horses, O inhabitants of Lachish; it is the beginning of sin for the daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.