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For this will I wail and howl ,
I will go stripped and naked ;
I will make a wailing like the jackals ,
and a mourning like the ostriches .
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For her wound is incurable ;
for it is come even unto Judah ;
it reacheth unto the gate of my people ,
even to Jerusalem .
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Tell it not in Gath ,
weep not at all ;
at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust .
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Pass ye away ,
O inhabitant of Saphir ,
in nakedness and shame ;
the inhabitant of Zaanan is not come forth ;
the wailing of Beth -
ezel shall take from you the standing-place thereof .
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For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good ;
because evil is come down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem .
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Bind the chariots to the swift steeds ,
O inhabitant of Lachish ;
she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion ;
for the transgressions of Israel are found in thee .
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Therefore shalt thou give a parting gift to Moresheth-gath ;
the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing unto the kings of Israel .
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I will yet bring unto thee ,
O inhabitant of Mareshah ,
him that shall possess thee ;
the glory of Israel shall come even unto Adullam .
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Make thee bald ,
and poll thee for the children of thy delight ;
enlarge thy baldness as the vulture ;
for they are gone into captivity from thee .