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

Thus saith the Lord , Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

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

They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.

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

We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

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

Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

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

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.