Jer 4:5, 8:14, Nah 2:1 | ESV | STEP | Declare in Judah , and proclaim in Jerusalem , and say , Blow the trumpet through the land ; cry aloud and say , Assemble , and let us go into the fortified cities !

Jeremiah 4:5

Disaster from the North

5 Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say,

^a“Blow the trumpet through the land;
cry aloud and say,
^b‘Assemble, and let us go
into the fortified cities!’

Jeremiah 8:14

14 Why do we sit still?
^cGather together; ^dlet us go into the fortified cities
and perish there,
for the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
and has ^egiven us ^fpoisoned water to drink,
because we have sinned against the Lord.

Nahum 2:1

The Destruction of Nineveh

1 ^gThe scatterer has come up against you.
^hMan the ramparts;
watch the road;
dress for battle; ^{▼▼Hebrew gird your loins}
collect all your strength.