⁶ Lift up a flag that shows the way to Zion!
    Run quickly to a safe place! Do not wait!
I will soon bring great trouble from the north.
    An enemy will destroy your country.
⁷ Yes, a strong army is coming,
    like a lion that has left its cave.^[a]
It has come out to destroy many nations.
    It will attack your whole land.
Your cities will become heaps of stones,
    and nobody will live in them.
⁸ So wear rough sackcloth!
    Weep and cry aloud.
Say, “The Lord is still very angry with us.” ’