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Jeremiah warns the people of Jerusalem

You descendants of Benjamin,
    you must run away to be safe!
    Escape from Jerusalem!
Make a noise with a trumpet in Tekoa!
    Light a fire to warn people in Beth-Hakkerem!
A great army is coming from the north.
    It will come to destroy everything!
Jerusalem is a beautiful city,
    like a daughter that I love.
She cannot protect herself,
    and I will destroy her.
Kings will come to attack the city.
    They will bring their armies,
    like shepherds with their sheep.
They will make their camps all around the city.
    Each of them will take their own piece of land.

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Jerusalem Under Siege

“Flee for safety, people of Benjamin!
    Flee from Jerusalem!
Sound the trumpet(A) in Tekoa!(B)
    Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem!(C)
For disaster looms out of the north,(D)
    even terrible destruction.
I will destroy Daughter Zion,(E)
    so beautiful and delicate.(F)
Shepherds(G) with their flocks will come against her;
    they will pitch their tents around(H) her,
    each tending his own portion.”

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