Jeremiah 6:1-8 - Threatened Siege Of Jerusalem

¹ Flee for safety, children of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem. And in Tekoa blow a horn, and on Beth-haccherem lift up a signal, for evil looks down from [the] north, and a great destruction. ² The lovely and the delicate, the daughter of Jerusalem, I will destroy. ³ Shepherds and their flocks will come against her, they will pitch [their] tents against her all around, they will pasture, each his {portion}. ⁴ {Sanctify} war against her. Arise, and let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day turns, for [the] shadows of evening are lengthened. ⁵ Arise, and let us attack by night, and let us destroy her citadel fortresses."

⁶ For thus says Yahweh of hosts, "Cut down trees and heap up a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This [is] the city that must be punished, its oppression [is] in its midst. ⁷ As a water well keeps its water cool, so she keeps cool her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard within her, sickness and wounds [are] continually {before me}. ⁸ Be warned, Jerusalem, lest I turn away from you in disgust, lest I make you a desolation, a land that is not inhabited."