Yahweh Disciplines Israel
“Flee for safety, O sons of aBenjamin,
From the midst of Jerusalem!
Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa
And raise a signal over bBeth‑haccerem,
For evil looks down from the cnorth,
As well as great destruction.
2 The comely and adelicate one, bthe daughter of Zion, I will ruin.
3 aShepherds and their flocks will come to her;
They will bpitch their tents around her;
They will pasture each in his place.
4 aSet yourselves apart for war against her;
Arise, and let us go up at bnoon.
Woe to us, for the day declines,
For the shadows of the evening stretch out!
5 Arise, and let us go up by night
And adestroy her palaces!”
6 For thus says Yahweh of hosts,
“aCut down her trees
And cast up a bsiege against Jerusalem.
This is the city to be punished,
In whose midst there is only coppression.