Jeremiah 4:5-7

Good News Translation

⁵ Blow the trumpet throughout the land!
    Shout loud and clear!
Tell the people of Judah and Jerusalem
    to run to the fortified cities.
⁶ Point the way to Zion!
    Run for safety! Don't delay!
The Lord is bringing disaster
    and great destruction from the north.
⁷ Like a lion coming from its hiding place,
    a destroyer of nations has set out.
He is coming to destroy Judah.
The cities of Judah will be left in ruins,
    and no one will live in them.