Jeremiah 6:1-8 - Threatened Siege Of Jerusalem

¹ "Flee to safety, you people of Benjamin, leave Jerusalem. Sound the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal over Beth-haccerem! For calamity and terrible destruction are turning toward you from the north. ² I'll destroy the lovely and delicate Daughter of Zion. ³ Shepherds and their flocks will come against her. They'll pitch their tents all around her, and every one will tend his flock in his own place. ⁴ Prepare for war against her. Get ready, let's attack at noon! How terrible for us that the day is coming to an end, and that the evening shadows are lengthening. ⁵ Get ready, let's attack at night, and destroy her fortresses."

⁶ For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Cut down trees and set up siege works against Jerusalem. It is the city to be judged, and there is oppression throughout the entire city. ⁷ As a well keeps its waters fresh, so the city keeps her wickedness fresh. Violence and destruction are heard in her, sickness and wounds are always before me. ⁸ Be warned, Jerusalem, or I'll be alienated from you. I'll make you desolate, a land not inhabited."