1. Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin,from the midst of Jerusalem!Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem,for disaster looms out of the north,and great destruction.
2. The lovely and delicately bred I will destroy, the daughter of Zion.
3. Shepherds with their flocks shall come against her; they shall pitch their tents around her;they shall pasture, each in his place.
4. “Prepare war against her;arise, and let us attack at noon!Woe to us, for the day declines,for the shadows of evening lengthen!