1. “Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the middle of Jerusalem! Blow the shofar in Tekoa and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem, for evil looks out from the north with a great destruction.
2. I will cut off the beautiful and delicate one, the daughter of Zion.
3. Shepherds with their flocks will come to her. They will pitch their tents against her all around. They will feed everyone in his place.”
4. “Prepare war against her! Arise! Let’s go up at noon. Woe to us! For the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.