1:8 go stripped and naked. Mourning was usually signified by the wearing of sackcloth (Gen. 37:34; 1 Kings 21:27; Joel 1:8) and head covering (2 Sam. 15:30); hence this may be a more intense mourning, or else an image of going into exile (cf. Isa. 20:3–4). jackals … ostriches. Judah is pictured as a land laid waste (Isa. 34:13; Jer. 50:39). 1:9 It has reached probably refers to the yet-to-be-identified “disaster” (v. 12). The delayed identification of what exactly has reached to the gate spotlights