^6 (A)Raise a standard towards Zion,
    flee for safety, stay not,
for I bring disaster from ^(B)the north,
    ^(C)and great destruction.

6 Flee for safety, ^(A)O people of Benjamin,
    from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in ^(B)Tekoa,
    and raise a signal on ^(C)Beth-haccherem,
for disaster looms ^(D)out of the north,
    and great destruction.

²² A voice, a rumour! Behold, it comes!—
    ^(A)a great commotion out of the north country
to make ^(B)the cities of Judah a desolation,
    ^(C)a lair of jackals.