5Declare in Judah and makeitheard in Jerusalem and say,“aBlow the trumpet in the land;Callout, makeyour voicefull, and say,‘bGather yourselves, and let us goInto the fortifiedcities.’6“Liftup a astandard toward Zion!Seeksafety, do not standstill,For I am bringingbevil from the north,And greatdestruction.7“A alion has goneup from his thicket,And a bdestroyer of nations has setout;He has goneout from his placeTo cmake your land a desolation.Your cities will be turned into ruinsWithoutinhabitant.8“For this, aI gird myself with sackcloth,Lament and wail;For the bburninganger of YahwehHas not turnedback from us.”
9“It will be in that day,” declaresYahweh, “that the aheart of the king and the heart of the princes will perish; and the priests will beappalled, and the bprophets will beastonished.”
