⁷ A lion has come forth from its lair
    the destroyer of nations has set forth.
He has left his lair
    to make your towns a wasteland;
    they will be in ruins and uninhabited.
⁸ Therefore, wrap yourselves in sackcloth,
    beat your breasts and wail,
because the blazing anger of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.
⁹ On that day, says the Lord,
    the courage of the kings and the princes will fail;
the priests will be horrified
    and the prophets will be astounded.