²² Behold, the noise of the report has come,
And a great commotion out of the ^(A)north country,
To make the cities of Judah desolate, a ^(B)den of jackals.

³ But Esau I have hated,
And ^(A)laid waste his mountains and his heritage
For the jackals of the wilderness.”

⁶ For indeed I am ^(A)raising up the Chaldeans,
A bitter and hasty ^(B)nation
Which marches through the breadth of the earth,
To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
⁷ They are terrible and dreadful;
Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
⁸ Their horses also are ^(C)swifter than leopards,
And more fierce than evening wolves.
Their ^[a]chargers ^[b]charge ahead;
Their cavalry comes from afar;
They fly as the ^(D)eagle that hastens to eat.

6 “O you children of Benjamin,
Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,
And set up a signal-fire in ^(A)Beth Haccerem;
^(B)For disaster appears out of the north,
And great destruction.

¹⁵ Behold, I will bring a ^(A)nation against you ^(B)from afar,
O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
“It is a mighty nation,
It is an ancient nation,
A nation whose language you do not know,
Nor can you understand what they say.

⁶ Set up the ^[a]standard toward Zion.
Take refuge! Do not delay!
For I will bring disaster from the ^(A)north,
And great destruction.”

¹⁵ For behold, I am ^(A)calling
All the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says the Lord;
“They shall come and ^(B)each one set his throne
At the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem,
Against all its walls all around,
And against all the cities of Judah.