Jeremiah 4:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Blow the trumpet through the land;
    shout aloud^[a] and say,
“Gather together, and let us go
    into the fortified cities!”
⁶ Raise a standard toward Zion,
    flee for safety, do not delay,
for I am bringing evil from the north,
    and a great destruction.
⁷ A lion has gone up from its thicket,
    a destroyer of nations has set out;
    he has gone out from his place
to make your land a waste;
    your cities will be ruins
    without inhabitant.