Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

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Weeping and Mourning

Because of this I will weep(A) and wail;
    I will go about barefoot(B) and naked.
I will howl like a jackal
    and moan like an owl.

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Mourning for Israel and Judah

Therefore I will wail and howl,
I will go stripped and naked;
(A)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 unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

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For Samaria’s plague(A) is incurable;(B)
    it has spread to Judah.(C)
It has reached the very gate(D) of my people,
    even to Jerusalem itself.

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For her wounds are incurable.
For (A)it has come to Judah;
It has come to the gate of My people—
To Jerusalem.

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