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Raise the signal flag toward Jerusalem!
    Run for your lives, and don’t wait,
because I am bringing disaster from the north
    There will be terrible destruction.”

A lion has come out of his den;
    a destroyer of nations has begun to march.
He has left his home
    to destroy your land.
Your towns will be destroyed
    with no one left to live in them.
So put on rough cloth,
    show how sad you are, and cry loudly.
The terrible anger of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.

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Raise the signal(A) to go to Zion!
    Flee for safety without delay!
For I am bringing disaster(B) from the north,(C)
    even terrible destruction.”

A lion(D) has come out of his lair;(E)
    a destroyer(F) of nations has set out.
He has left his place
    to lay waste(G) your land.
Your towns will lie in ruins(H)
    without inhabitant.
So put on sackcloth,(I)
    lament(J) and wail,
for the fierce anger(K) of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.

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