2 Dress yourselves in mourning clothes. Howl over your children and grieve for them, because distress has drawn near to you.
3 The sword has been sent against you, and who can turn it away?
4 Fire has been sent against you, and who can extinguish it?
5 Disasters are sent against you, and who can ward them off?
6 Can anyone ward off a hungry lion in the woods? Or put out a fire in dried hay, once it has begun to burn?
7 Or repel an arrow shot by a strong archer?
8 The Lord God sends disasters; who can ward them off?