8. For this, clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the Lord hasn’t turned back from us.
9. “It will happen at that day,” says the Lord, “that the heart of the king will perish, along with the heart of the princes. The priests will be astonished, and the prophets will wonder.”
10. Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace;’ whereas the sword reaches to the heart.”
11. At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness towards the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;
12. a full wind from these will come for me. Now I will also utter judgements against them.”
13. Behold, he will come up as clouds, and his chariots will be as the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! For we are ruined.
14. Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
15. For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes evil from the hills of Ephraim:
16. “Tell the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, ‘Watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.
17. As keepers of a field, they are against her all around, because she has been rebellious against me,’” says the Lord.
18. “Your way and your doings have brought these things to you. This is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.”
19. My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the shofar, the alarm of war.
20. Destruction on destruction is decreed, for the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are destroyed, and my curtains gone in a moment.