⁶ Point the way to Zion!
    Run for safety! Don't delay!
The Lord is bringing disaster
    and great destruction from the north.
⁷ Like a lion coming from its hiding place,
    a destroyer of nations has set out.
He is coming to destroy Judah.
The cities of Judah will be left in ruins,
    and no one will live in them.
⁸ So put on sackcloth, and weep and wail
    because the fierce anger of the Lord
    has not turned away from Judah.