Jeremiah 4:7-9

New International Version - UK

⁷ A lion has come out of his lair;
    a destroyer of nations has set out.
He has left his place
    to lay waste your land.
Your towns will lie in ruins
    without inhabitant.
⁸ So put on sackcloth,
    lament and wail,
for the fierce anger of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.

⁹ ‘In that day,’ declares the Lord,
    ‘the king and the officials will lose heart,
the priests will be horrified,
    and the prophets will be appalled.’