My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

Thus says Yahweh, "Behold, a people comes from the north country. A great nation shall be stirred up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!

You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still.

Therefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned.

Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;

Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahweh: Say, A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished;

"When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.

When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won't come immediately."

See

Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh.

"Don't say, 'A conspiracy!' concerning all about which this people say, 'A conspiracy!' neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized.

Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation."

You will keep whoever's mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.

"By your endurance you will win your lives.

"Don't let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

not to be quickly shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, saying that the day of Christ had come.

But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."

Must

How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"

For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: 'He was counted with transgressors.' For that which concerns me has an end."

saying, 'Don't be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'

But

This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.

General references

But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.