Jer 4:5-9 | 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 4:5-9

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!’
6 ^cRaise a standard toward Zion,
flee for safety, stay not,
for I bring disaster from ^dthe north,
^eand great destruction.
7 ^fA lion has gone up from his thicket,
a destroyer of nations has set out;
he has gone out from his place
to make your land a waste;
your cities will be ruins
^gwithout inhabitant.
8 For this ^hput on sackcloth,
lament and wail,
for ⁱthe fierce anger of the Lord
has not turned back from us.”
9 “In that day, declares the Lord, ^jcourage shall fail both king and officials. The priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.”