24:004:005 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem;
and say, Blow
ye
the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together,
and say,
Assemble
yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
24:004:006 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire,
stay not: for I will
bring
evil from the north, and a great destruction.
24:004:007 The lion is come up from his thicket, and
the destroyer of the
Gentiles
is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to
make
thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste,
without
an inhabitant.
24:004:008 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament
and howl: for the
fierce
anger of the lord is not turned back from us.
24:004:009 And it shall come to pass at that day,
saith the lord, that
the
heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the
princes;
and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets
shall
wonder.
24:004:010 Then said I, Ah, Lord god! surely
thou hast greatly deceived
this
people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace;
whereas
the sword reacheth unto the soul.
24:004:011 At that time shall it be said to this people
and to Jerusalem,
A
dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward
the
daughter
of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
24:004:012 Even a full wind from those places shall
come unto me: now
also
will I give sentence against them.
24:004:013 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and
his chariots shall be
as
a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe unto
us!
for we are spoiled.
24:004:014 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness,
that thou
mayest
be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge
within
thee?
24:004:015 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth
affliction from
mount
Ephraim.
24:004:016 Make ye mention to the nations; behold,
publish against
Jerusalem,
that watchers come from a far country, and give out
their
voice against the cities of Judah.
24:004:017 As keepers of a field, are they against
her round about;
because
she hath been rebellious against me, saith the lord.
24:004:018 Thy way and thy doings have procured these
things unto thee;
this
is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it
reacheth
unto thine heart.
24:004:019 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained
at my very heart; my heart
maketh
a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou
hast
heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm
of
war.
24:004:020 Destruction upon destruction is cried;
for the whole land is
spoiled:
suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a
moment.


