14. People of Jerusalem, clean the evil from your hearts so that you can be saved.Don’t continue making evil plans.
15. A voice from Dan makes an announcementand brings bad news from the mountains of Ephraim.
16. “Report this to the nations.Spread this news in Jerusalem:‘Invaders are coming from a faraway country,shouting words of war against the cities of Judah.
17. The enemy has surrounded Jerusalem as men guard a field,because Judah turned against me,’ ” says the Lord.
18. “The way you have lived and actedhas brought this trouble to you.This is your punishment.How terrible it is!The pain stabs your heart!”
19. Oh, how I hurt! How I hurt!I am bent over in pain.Oh, the torture in my heart!My heart is pounding inside me.I cannot keep quiet,because I have heard the sound of the trumpet.I have heard the shouts of war.