Disaster From the North

“Announce in Judah and proclaim(A) in Jerusalem and say:
    ‘Sound the trumpet(B) throughout the land!’
Cry aloud and say:
    ‘Gather together!
    Let us flee to the fortified cities!’(C)
Raise the signal(D) to go to Zion!
    Flee for safety without delay!
For I am bringing disaster(E) from the north,(F)
    even terrible destruction.”

A lion(G) has come out of his lair;(H)
    a destroyer(I) of nations has set out.
He has left his place
    to lay waste(J) your land.
Your towns will lie in ruins(K)
    without inhabitant.
So put on sackcloth,(L)
    lament(M) and wail,
for the fierce anger(N) of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.

“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “the king and the officials will lose heart,(O)
the priests will be horrified,
    and the prophets will be appalled.”(P)

10 Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! How completely you have deceived(Q) this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’(R) when the sword is at our throats!”

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