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“Sound the trumpets, my people.
Warn the people of Judah,[a]
    ‘Run for your lives!
Head for Jerusalem
    or another walled town!’

“Jeremiah, tell them I'm sending
    disaster from the north.
An army will come out,
    like a lion from its den.
It will destroy nations
and leave your towns empty
    and in ruins.”

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Footnotes

  1. 4.5 Judah: Hebrew “Judah and Jerusalem.”

Disaster From the North

“Announce in Judah and proclaim(A) in Jerusalem and say:
    ‘Sound the trumpet(B) throughout the land!’
Cry aloud and say:
    ‘Gather together!
    Let us flee to the fortified cities!’(C)
Raise the signal(D) to go to Zion!
    Flee for safety without delay!
For I am bringing disaster(E) from the north,(F)
    even terrible destruction.”

A lion(G) has come out of his lair;(H)
    a destroyer(I) of nations has set out.
He has left his place
    to lay waste(J) your land.
Your towns will lie in ruins(K)
    without inhabitant.

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