Jeremiah 6:22-24

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²² Thus says the Lord:
See, a people is coming from the land of the north,
    a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.
²³ They grasp the bow and the javelin,
    they are cruel and have no mercy,
    their sound is like the roaring sea;
they ride on horses,
    equipped like a warrior for battle,
    against you, O daughter Zion!

²⁴ ‘We have heard news of them,
    our hands fall helpless;
anguish has taken hold of us,
    pain as of a woman in labour.