11 Depart in shameful nakedness,(A)
you residents of Shaphir;
the residents of Zaanan(B) will not come out.
Beth-ezel is lamenting;
its support[a] is taken from you.
12 Though the residents of Maroth
anxiously wait for something good,(C)
disaster has come from the Lord(D)
to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Harness the horses to the chariot,
you residents of Lachish.(E)
This was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion
because Israel’s acts of rebellion(F) can be traced to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:11 Lit its standing place; Hb obscure

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