1. O sons of Benjamin, gather yourselvesto flee from the midst of Jerusalem,and blow the trumpet in Tekoa,and set up a sign of fire in Beth Hakkerem;for disaster appears out of the north,and great destruction.
2. I have likened the daughter of Zionto a comely and delicate woman.
3. The shepherds with their flocks will come to her.They will pitch their tents against her all around.They will pasture each in his place.
4. “Prepare war against her;arise, and let us go up at noon.”“Woe to us, for the day declines,for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.”
5. “Arise, and let us go by nightand let us destroy her palaces.”