1 O sons of Benjamin, gather yourselvesto flee from the midst of Jerusalem,and blow the trumpet in Tekoa,and set up a sign of fire in Beth Hakkerem;for disaster appears out of the north,and great destruction.
2 I have likened the daughter of Zionto a comely and delicate woman.
3 The shepherds with their flocks will come to her.They will pitch their tents against her all around.They will pasture each in his place.
4 “Prepare war against her;arise, and let us go up at noon.”“Woe to us, for the day declines,for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.”
5 “Arise, and let us go by nightand let us destroy her palaces.”