⁵ Gaza will shave^(A) her head in mourning;
    Ashkelon^(B) will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
    how long will you cut^(C) yourselves?

² Dibon^(A) goes up to its temple,
    to its high places^(B) to weep;
    Moab wails^(C) over Nebo^(D) and Medeba.
Every head is shaved^(E)
    and every beard cut off.^(F)
3 In the streets they wear sackcloth;^(G)
    on the roofs^(H) and in the public squares^(I)
they all wail,^(J)
    prostrate with weeping.^(K)

¹⁸ They will put on sackcloth^(A)
    and be clothed with terror.^(B)
Every face will be covered with shame,
    and every head will be shaved.^(C)