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Trouble from the North

“Announce this message in Judah and say it in Jerusalem:
    ‘Blow the trumpet throughout the country!’
Shout out loud and say,
    ‘Come together!
    Let’s all escape to the strong, walled cities!’
Raise the signal flag toward Jerusalem!
    Run for your lives, and don’t wait,
because I am bringing disaster from the north
    There will be terrible destruction.”

A lion has come out of his den;
    a destroyer of nations has begun to march.
He has left his home
    to destroy your land.
Your towns will be destroyed
    with no one left to live in them.
So put on rough cloth,
    show how sad you are, and cry loudly.
The terrible anger of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.

“When this happens,” says the Lord,
    “the king and officers will lose their courage.
The priests will be terribly afraid,
    and the prophets will be shocked!”

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