15. A voice is announcing from Dan,proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.
16. ‘Tell this to the nations,proclaim concerning Jerusalem:“A besieging army is coming from a distant land,raising a war cry against the cities of Judah.
17. They surround her like men guarding a field,because she has rebelled against me,” ’declares the Lord.
18. ‘Your own conduct and actionshave brought this on you.This is your punishment.How bitter it is!How it pierces to the heart!’
19. Oh, my anguish, my anguish!I writhe in pain.Oh, the agony of my heart!My heart pounds within me,I cannot keep silent.For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;I have heard the battle cry.
20. Disaster follows disaster;the whole land lies in ruins.In an instant my tents are destroyed,my shelter in a moment.
21. How long must I see the battle standardand hear the sound of the trumpet?
22. ‘My people are fools;they do not know me.They are senseless children;they have no understanding.They are skilled in doing evil;they know not how to do good.’
23. I looked at the earth,and it was formless and empty;and at the heavens,and their light was gone.
24. I looked at the mountains,and they were quaking;all the hills were swaying.