1 Seek refuge, Benjaminites,from the midst of Jerusalem!Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,raise a signal over Beth-haccherem;For disaster threatens from the north,and mighty destruction.
2 Lovely and delicatedaughter Zion, you are ruined!
3 Against her, shepherds come with their flocks;all around, they pitch their tents against her;each one grazes his portion.
4 “Prepare for war against her,Up! let us rush upon her at midday!”“Woe to us! the day is waning,evening shadows lengthen!”
5 “Up! let us rush upon her by night,destroy her palaces!”
6 For thus says the Lord of hosts:Hew down her trees,throw up a siege mound against Jerusalem.Woe to the city marked for punishment;there is nothing but oppression within her!