Jeremiah 4:6-8

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁶ Raise a standard toward Zion,
    flee for safety, do not delay,
for I am bringing evil from the north,
    and a great destruction.
⁷ A lion has gone up from its thicket,
    a destroyer of nations has set out;
    he has gone out from his place
to make your land a waste;
    your cities will be ruins
    without inhabitant.
⁸ Because of this put on sackcloth,
    lament and wail:
“The fierce anger of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.”