5. Proclaim it in Judah,in Jerusalem announce it;Blow the trumpet throughout the land,call out, “Fill the ranks!”Say, “Assemble, let us marchto the fortified cities.”
6. Raise the signal—to Zion!Seek refuge! Don’t stand there!Disaster I bring from the north,and great destruction.
7. Up comes the lion from its lair,the destroyer of nations has set out,has left its place,To turn your land into a desolation,your cities into an uninhabited waste.
8. So put on sackcloth,mourn and wail:“The blazing anger of the Lordhas not turned away from us.”
9. In that day—oracle of the Lord—The king will lose heart, and the princes;the priests will be horrified,and the prophets stunned.
10. “Ah! Lord God,” they will say,“You really did deceive usWhen you said: You shall have peace,while the sword was at our very throats.”