8. Therefore I will wail--The prophet first shows how the coming judgment affects himself, in order that he might affect the minds of his countrymen similarly.
      stripped--that is, of shoes, or sandals, as the Septuagint translates. Otherwise "naked" would be a tautology.
      naked--"Naked" means divested of the upper garment (Isa 20:2). "Naked and barefoot," the sign of mourning (2Sa 15:30). The prophet's upper garment was usually rough and coarse-haired (2Ki 1:8; Zec 13:4).
      like the dragons--so JEROME. Rather, "the wild dogs," jackals or wolves, which wail like an infant when in distress or alone [MAURER]. (See on Job 30:29).
      owls--rather, "ostriches," which give a shrill and long-drawn, sigh-like cry, especially at night.

JFB.