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This is what the LORD says: "Behold, there is ^(C1)a people coming from the north land, And a great nation will be stirred up from the ^(C2)remote parts of the earth.

-"They seize ^(C1)bow and spear; They are ^(C2)cruel and have no mercy; Their voice ^(C3)roars like the sea, And they ride on horses, Lined up as a man for the battle Against you, daughter of Zion!"

We have ^(C1)heard the report of it; Our hands are limp. ^(C2)Anguish has seized us, Pain like that of a woman in childbirth.

^(C1)Do not go out into the field, And ^(C2)do not walk on the road; For the enemy has a sword, ^(C3)Terror is on every side.

Daughter of my people, ^(C1)put on sackcloth And ^(C2)roll in ashes; ^(F1)(C3)Mourn as for an only son, A most bitter mourning. For suddenly the destroyer Will come against us.