1. "Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a signal over Beth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the north, And a great destruction.
2. "The comely and dainty one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off.
3. "Shepherds and their flocks will come to her, They will pitch their tents around her, They will 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 the evening lengthen!