Jeremiah 6:22-24

Modern English Version

See, a people comes
    from the north country,
and a great nation will be raised
    from the remote parts of the earth.
²³ They will lay hold on bow and spear;
    they are cruel and have no mercy.
Their voice roars like the sea,
    and they ride upon horses,
set in array as men for war
    against you, O daughter of Zion.

²⁴ “We have heard the report of it;
    our hands grow feeble.
Anguish has taken hold of us,
    and pain as of a woman in labor.