Flee{H5756} for safety, ye children{H1121} of Benjamin,{H1144} out of the midst{H7130} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and blow{H8628} the trumpet{H7782} in Tekoa,{H8620} and raise up{H5375} a signal{H4864} on Beth-haccherem;{H1021} for evil{H7451} looketh{H8259} forth from the north,{H6828} and a great{H1419} destruction.{H7667}

The{H1820} comely{H5116} and delicate{H6026} one, the daughter{H1323} of Zion,{H6726} will I cut off.

Shepherds{H7462} with their flocks{H5739} shall come{H935} unto her; they shall pitch{H8628} their tents{H168} against her round about;{H5439} they shall feed{H7462} every one{H376} in his place.{H3027}

Prepare{H6942} ye war{H4421} against her; arise,{H6965} and let us go up{H5927} at noon.{H6672} Woe{H188} unto us! for the day{H3117} declineth,{H6437} for the shadows{H6752} of the evening{H6153} are stretched out.{H5186}

Arise,{H6965} and let us go{H5927} up by night,{H3915} and let us destroy{H7843} her palaces.{H759}

For thus hath Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} said,{H559} Hew ye down{H3772} trees,{H6097} and cast{H8210} up a mound{H5550} against Jerusalem:{H3389} this is the city{H5892} to be visited;{H6485} she is wholly oppression{H6233} in the midst{H7130} of her.

As a well{H953} casteth forth{H6979} its waters,{H4325} so she casteth forth{H6979} her wickedness:{H7451} violence{H2555} and destruction{H7701} is heard{H8085} in her; before me{H6440} continually{H8548} is sickness{H2483} and wounds.{H4347}

Be thou instructed,{H3256} O Jerusalem,{H3389} lest my soul{H5315} be alienated{H3363} from thee; lest I make{H7760} thee a desolation,{H8077} a land{H776} not inhabited.{H3427}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} They shall thoroughly{H5953} glean{H5953} the remnant{H7611} of Israel{H3478} as a vine:{H1612} turn again{H7725} thy hand{H3027} as a grape-gatherer{H1219} into the baskets.{H5552}

To whom shall I speak{H1696} and testify,{H1696} that they may hear?{H8085} behold, their ear{H241} is uncircumcised,{H6189} and they cannot{H3201} hearken:{H7181} behold, the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} is become unto them a reproach;{H2781} they have no delight{H2654} in it.

Therefore I am full{H4392} of the wrath{H2534} of Jehovah;{H3068} I am weary{H3811} with holding in:{H3557} pour it out{H8210} upon the children{H5768} in the street,{H2351} and upon the assembly{H5475} of young men{H970} together;{H3162} for even the husband{H376} with the wife{H802} shall be taken,{H3920} the aged{H2205} with him that is full{H4390} of days.{H3117}

And their houses{H1004} shall be turned{H5437} unto others,{H312} their fields{H7704} and their wives{H802} together;{H3162} for I will stretch out{H5186} my hand{H3027} upon the inhabitants{H3427} of the land,{H776} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

For from the least{H6996} of them even unto the greatest{H1419} of them every one is given{H1214} to covetousness;{H1215} and from the prophet{H5030} even unto the priest{H3548} every one dealeth{H6213} falsely.{H8267}

They have healed{H7495} also the hurt{H7667} of my people{H5971} slightly,{H7043} saying,{H559} Peace,{H7965} peace;{H7965} when there is no peace.{H7965}

Were they ashamed{H3001} when they had committed{H6213} abomination?{H8441} nay,{H1571} they were not at all{H954} ashamed,{H954} neither{H1571} could{H3045} they blush:{H3637} therefore they shall fall{H5307} among them that fall;{H5307} at the time{H6256} that I visit{H6485} them they shall be cast down,{H3782} saith{H559} Jehovah.{H3068}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Stand{H5975} ye in the ways{H1870} and see,{H7200} and ask{H7592} for the old{H5769} paths,{H5410} where is the good{H2896} way;{H1870} and walk{H3212} therein, and ye shall find{H4672} rest{H4771} for your souls:{H5315} but they said,{H559} We will not walk{H3212} [therein].

And I set{H6965} watchmen{H6822} over you, [saying], Hearken{H7181} to the sound{H6963} of the trumpet;{H7782} but they said,{H559} We will not hearken.{H7181}

Therefore hear,{H8085} ye nations,{H1471} and know,{H3045} O congregation,{H5712} what is among them.

Hear,{H8085} O earth:{H776} behold, I will bring{H935} evil{H7451} upon this people,{H5971} even the fruit{H6529} of their thoughts,{H4284} because they have not hearkened{H7181} unto my words;{H1697} and as for my law,{H8451} they have rejected{H3988} it.

To what purpose cometh{H935} there to me frankincense{H3828} from Sheba,{H7614} and the sweet{H2896} cane{H7070} from a far{H4801} country?{H776} your burnt-offerings{H5930} are not acceptable,{H7522} nor your sacrifices{H2077} pleasing{H6149} unto me.

Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Behold, I will lay{H5414} stumbling-blocks{H4383} before this people;{H5971} and the fathers{H1} and the sons{H1121} together{H3162} shall stumble{H3782} against them; the neighbor{H7934} and his friend{H7453} shall perish.{H6}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Behold, a people{H5971} cometh{H935} from the north{H6828} country;{H776} and a great{H1419} nation{H1471} shall be stirred{H5782} up from the uttermost parts{H3411} of the earth.{H776}

They lay hold{H2388} on bow{H7198} and spear;{H3591} they are cruel,{H394} and have no mercy;{H7355} their voice{H6963} roareth{H1993} like the sea,{H3220} and they ride{H7392} upon horses,{H5483} every one set in array,{H6186} as a man{H376} to the battle,{H4421} against thee, O daughter{H1323} of Zion.{H6726}

We have heard{H8085} the report{H8089} thereof; our hands{H3027} wax feeble:{H7503} anguish{H6869} hath taken hold{H2388} of us, [and] pangs{H2427} as of a woman in travail.{H3205}

Go not forth{H3318} into the field,{H7704} nor walk{H3212} by the way;{H1870} for the sword{H2719} of the enemy,{H341} [and] terror,{H4032} are on every side.{H5439}

O daughter{H1323} of my people,{H5971} gird{H2296} thee with sackcloth,{H8242} and wallow{H6428} thyself in ashes:{H665} make{H6213} thee mourning,{H60} as for an only son,{H3173} most bitter{H8563} lamentation;{H4553} for the destroyer{H7703} shall suddenly{H6597} come{H935} upon us.

I have made{H5414} thee a trier{H969} [and] a fortress{H4013} among my people;{H5971} that thou mayest know{H3045} and try{H974} their way.{H1870}

They are all grievous{H5493} revolters,{H5637} going{H1980} about with slanders;{H7400} they are brass{H5178} and iron:{H1270} they all of them deal corruptly.{H7843}

The bellows{H4647} blow fiercely;{H2787} the lead{H5777} is consumed{H8552} of the fire:{H800} in vain{H7723} do they go{H6884} on refining;{H6884} for the wicked{H7451} are not plucked away.{H5423}

Refuse{H3988} silver{H3701} shall men call{H7121} them, because Jehovah{H3068} hath rejected{H3988} them.