12. No, a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding.Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.’
13. Look! The enemy is approaching like gathering clouds.The roar of his chariots is like that of a whirlwind.His horses move more swiftly than eagles.”I cry out, “We are doomed, for we will be destroyed!”
14. “Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evilso that you may yet be delivered.How long will you continue to harbor upwicked schemes within you?
15. For messengers are coming, heralding disaster,from the city of Dan and from the hills of Ephraim.
16. They are saying, ‘Announce to the surrounding nations, “The enemy is coming!”Proclaim this message to Jerusalem:“Those who besiege cities are coming from a distant land.They are ready to raise the battle cry against the towns in Judah.”’
17. They will surround Jerusalemlike men guarding a fieldbecause they have rebelled against me,”says the Lord.
18. “The way you have lived and the things you have donewill bring this on you.This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed.The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart.”
19. I said, “Oh, the feeling in the pit of my stomach! I writhe in anguish.Oh, the pain in my heart!My heart pounds within me.I cannot keep silent.For I hear the sound of the trumpet;the sound of the battle cry pierces my soul!