^{8 Ref} For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will howl like the jackals, And moan like the daughters of owls.

^{9 Ref} For her wounds are incurable; For it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.

^{10 Ref} Don't tell it in Gath, Don't weep at all. At Beth Ophrah{Beth Ophrah means literally "House of Dust."} I have rolled myself in the dust.