9 For her wounds are incurable. For it has come up to Judah. It has reached the gate of my people — even up to Jerusalem!

10 Tell it not in Gath — weep not at all. At Beth-le-aphrah [1] roll in the dust.

11 Pass on, you who dwell in Saphir — nakedness and shame — she who dwells in Zaanan will not come out. Wailing of Beth-ezel [2]: He will take from you its standing-place.