⁶ Raise a signal flag as a warning for Jerusalem^[a]:
    ‘Flee now! Do not delay!’
For I am bringing terrible destruction upon you
    from the north.”

⁷ A lion stalks from its den,
    a destroyer of nations.
It has left its lair and is headed your way.
    It’s going to devastate your land!
Your towns will lie in ruins,
    with no one living in them anymore.
⁸ So put on clothes of mourning
    and weep with broken hearts,
for the fierce anger of the Lord
    is still upon us.