This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:

‘Break up your unploughed ground
    and do not sow among thorns.
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
    circumcise your hearts,
    you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
or my wrath will flare up and burn like fire
    because of the evil you have done –
    burn with no one to quench it.

Disaster from the North

‘Announce in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem and say:
    “Sound the trumpet throughout the land!”
Cry aloud and say:
    “Gather together!
    Let us flee to the fortified cities!”

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