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Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, "Blow the trumpet in the land; Cry aloud and say, 'Assemble, and let's go Into the fortified cities.'

Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.

"Raise a flag toward Zion! Take refuge, do not stand still, For I am bringing evil from the north, And great destruction.

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

"A lion has gone up from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations has set out; He has gone out from his place To make your land a waste. Your cities will be ruins, Without an inhabitant.

The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

"For this, put on sackcloth, Mourn and wail; For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned away from us."

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.

"And it shall come about on that day," declares the LORD, "that the heart of the king and the hearts of the leaders will fail; and the priests will tremble, and the prophets will be astonished."

And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the Lord , that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.