⁶ Raise the signal to proceed toward Zion!
    Flee for safety! Do not delay!
For I am bringing disaster from the north
    as well as immense destruction.
⁷ A lion has come forth from its lair
    the destroyer of nations has set forth.
He has left his lair
    to make your towns a wasteland;
    they will be in ruins and uninhabited.
⁸ Therefore, wrap yourselves in sackcloth,
    beat your breasts and wail,
because the blazing anger of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.