Study Desk

"Flee to safety, you sons of ^(C1)Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a warning signal over ^(F1)(C2)Beth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the ^(C3)north, Along with a great destruction.

-"The beautiful and ^(C1)delicate one, ^(C2)the daughter of Zion, I will destroy.

-"^(C1)Shepherds and their flocks will come to her, They will ^(C2)pitch their tents ^(F1)around her, They will pasture, each in his ^(F2)place.

'^(F1)(C1)Prepare for war against her; Arise, and let's ^(F2)attack at ^(C2)noon. Woe to us, for the day declines, For the shadows of the evening lengthen!

-'Arise, and let's ^(F1)attack by night And ^(C1)destroy her ^(F2)palaces!'"

For this is what the LORD of armies says: "^(C1)Cut down her trees And pile up an ^(C2)assault ramp against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, In whose midst there is only ^(C3)oppression.

-"^(C1)As a well ^(F1)keeps its waters fresh, So she ^(F1)keeps fresh her wickedness. ^(C2)Violence and destruction are heard in her; ^(C3)Sickness and wounds are constantly before Me.

-"^(C1)Be warned, Jerusalem, Or ^(F1)(C2)I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, An uninhabited land."

This is what the LORD of armies says: "They will ^(C1)thoroughly glean the ^(C2)remnant of Israel like the vine; Pass your hand over the branches again Like a grape gatherer."