1:8 For this reason I 1 will mourn and wail;
I will walk around barefoot 2 and without my outer garments. 3
I will howl 4 like a wild dog, 5
and screech 6 like an owl. 7
1:9 For Samaria’s 8 disease 9 is incurable.
It has infected 10 Judah;
it has spread to 11 the leadership 12 of my people
and has even contaminated Jerusalem! 13
1:10 Don’t spread the news in Gath! 14
Don’t shed even a single tear! 15
In Beth Leaphrah sit in the dust! 16
1:11 Residents 17 of Shaphir, 18 pass by in nakedness and humiliation! 19
The residents of Zaanan can’t leave their city. 20
Beth Ezel 21 mourns, 22
“He takes from you what he desires.” 23