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.”
6 For thus says the Lord of Hosts: Hew down treesand build a mound against Jerusalem.This is the city to be punished.She is full of oppression in her midst.
7 As a fountain casts out her waters,so she casts out her wickedness.Violence and devastation are heard in her;before Me continually are grief and wounds.
8 Be instructed, O Jerusalem,lest My soul depart from you;lest I make you desolate,a land not inhabited.