Jeremiah 6:2-4

New Living Translation

² O Jerusalem,^[a] you are my beautiful and delicate daughter—
    but I will destroy you!
³ Enemies will surround you, like shepherds camped around the city.
    Each chooses a place for his troops to devour.
⁴ They shout, ‘Prepare for battle!
    Attack at noon!’
‘No, it’s too late; the day is fading,
    and the evening shadows are falling.’