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Destruction from the North

22 Thus says Adonai:
        “Look, a people coming from a northern land,
    a great nation roused from the ends of the earth!
23 They are armed with bow and spear,
        cruel and with no compassion.
    They sound like the roaring sea—
    as they ride on horses
    as men in battle formation,
        against you, Daughter of Zion!”

24 “We have heard of their fame.
    Our hands hang limp;
        anguish has gripped us,
        pain like a woman in labor.

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