1 Escape, people of Benjamin,get out of Jerusalem!Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,sound the alarm in Beth-haccherem;for disaster looms from the north,massive devastation.
2 You are like a lovely pasture, Daughter Zion.
3 Shepherds come to her with their flocks.They pitch their tents around herand graze in their place.
4 "Prepare for battle against her;get ready; let’s attack by noon!Oh, no! Daylight is fading,and the evening shadows lengthen.
5 Get ready, let’s attack by nightand destroy her fortresses!"