Jeremiah 6:1-8 - Threatened Siege Of Jerusalem

¹ “Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin,
From the midst of Jerusalem!
Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa
And raise a signal over Beth-haccerem;
For evil looks down from the north,
And a great destruction.
² “The comely and dainty one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off.
³ “Shepherds and their flocks will come to her,
They will pitch their tents around her,
They will pasture each in his place.
⁴ “Prepare war against her;
Arise, and let us attack at noon.
Woe to us, for the day declines,
For the shadows of the evening lengthen!
⁵ “Arise, and let us attack by night
And destroy her palaces!”

⁶ For thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Cut down her trees
And cast up a siege against Jerusalem.
This is the city to be punished,
In whose midst there is only oppression.
⁷ “As a well keeps its waters fresh,
So she keeps fresh her wickedness.
Violence and destruction are heard in her;
Sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
⁸ “Be warned, O Jerusalem,
Or I shall be alienated from you,
And make you a desolation,
A land not inhabited.”