1 “O you children of Benjamin,Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem!Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,And set up a signal-fire in Beth Haccerem;For disaster appears out of the north,And great destruction.
2 I have likened the daughter of ZionTo a lovely and delicate woman.
3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her.They shall pitch their tents against her all around.Each one shall pasture in his own place.”
4 “Prepare war against her;Arise, and let us go up at noon.Woe to us, for the day goes away,For the shadows of the evening are lengthening.