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!”
Raise the signal to go to Zion!
    Flee for safety without delay!
For I am bringing disaster from the north,
    even terrible destruction.’

A lion has come out of his lair;
    a destroyer of nations has set out.
He has left his place
    to lay waste your land.
Your towns will lie in ruins
    without inhabitant.

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