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Lift up a flag that shows the way to Zion!
    Run quickly to a safe place! Do not wait!
I will soon bring great trouble from the north.
    An enemy will destroy your country.
Yes, a strong army is coming,
    like a lion that has left its cave.[a]
It has come out to destroy many nations.
    It will attack your whole land.
Your cities will become heaps of stones,
    and nobody will live in them.
So wear rough sackcloth!
    Weep and cry aloud.
Say, “The Lord is still very angry with us.” ’

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Footnotes

  1. 4:7 The Lord does not say who the enemy is. The lion may be Assyria or Babylon, which are nations to the north of Israel.