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O sons of Benjamin take refuge to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem. And blow the ram's horn in Tekoa; and set up a signal over Beth-haccerem. For evil appears out of the north, and great destruction.

I will destroy the daughter of Zion, the beautiful and tender one.

The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch tents on her all around. They shall each one feed in his hand.

Consecrate war against her. Rise up and let us go up at noon. Woe to us, for the day wanes! For the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

Rise up and let us go up by night and destroy her palaces.

For so Jehovah of Hosts has said, Cut down her trees and pour out a mound against Jerusalem. She is the city to be visited. In her midst is oppression, all of her.

As a cistern keeps fresh its waters, so she keeps fresh her evil. Violence and destruction are heard in her. Sickness and wounds are continually before My face.

O Jerusalem, take advice, that My soul not be alienated from you; that I not make you a ruin, a land with not one living in it .