Jeremiah 6:24-26

New Century Version

²⁴ We have heard the news about that army
    and are helpless from fear.
We are gripped by our pain,
    like a woman having a baby.
²⁵ Don’t go out into the fields
    or walk down the roads,
because the enemy has swords.
    There is terror on every side.
²⁶ My people, put on rough cloth
    and roll in the ashes to show how sad you are.
Cry loudly for those who are dead,
    as if your only son were dead,
because the destroyer
    will soon come against us.