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Chapter 6

The Enemy at the Gates

Seek refuge, Benjaminites,
    from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,
    raise a signal over Beth-haccherem;
For disaster threatens from the north,
    and mighty destruction.(A)
Lovely and delicate
    daughter Zion, you are ruined!
Against her, shepherds come with their flocks;[a]
    all around, they pitch their tents against her;
    each one grazes his portion.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:3 Shepherds come with their flocks: foreign invaders with their armies.

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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