"Blow the trumpet through the land;
cry aloud and say,
'Assemble, and let us go
into the fortified cities!
4 6 Raise a standard toward Zion,
flee for safety, stay not,
for I bring evil from the north,
and great destruction.
4 7 A lion has gone up from his thicket,
a destroyer of nations has set out;
he has gone forth from his place
to make your land a waste;
your cities will be ruins
without inhabitant.
4 8 For this gird you with sackcloth,
lament and wail;
for the fierce anger of Yahweh
has not turned back from us." 4 9 "In that day, says Yahweh, courage shall fail both king and princes; the priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded." 4 10 Then I said, "Ah, Yahweh GOD, surely you have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'It shall be well with you'; whereas the sword has reached their very life."
4 11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A hot wind from the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse, 4 12 a wind too full for this comes for me. Now it is I who speak in judgment upon them."