4 “O Israel,” says the LORD, and stray away no more. 2 Then when you swear by my name, saying, and all people would come and praise my name.” 3 This is what the LORD says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: Do not waste your good seed among thorns. 4 O people of Judah and Jerusalem, because of all your sins. 5 “Shout to Judah, and broadcast to Jerusalem! Flee to the fortified cities!’ 6 Raise a signal flag as a warning for Jerusalem: from the north.” 7 A lion stalks from its den, with no one living in them anymore. 8 So put on clothes of mourning is still upon us. 9 “In that day,” says the LORD, and the prophets will be appalled.” 10 Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, But the sword is held at their throats!” 11 The time is coming when the LORD will say and it’s not a gentle breeze useful for winnowing grain. 12 It is a roaring blast sent by me! Now I will pronounce your destruction!” 13 Our enemy rushes down on us like storm clouds! How terrible it will be, for we are doomed! 14 O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart your evil thoughts? 15 Your destruction has been announced from Dan and the hill country of Ephraim. 16 “Warn the surrounding nations raising a battle cry against the towns of Judah. 17 They surround Jerusalem like watchmen around a field, says the LORD. 18 “Your own actions have brought this upon you. This punishment is bitter, piercing you to the heart!” 19 My heart, my heart—I writhe in pain! and the roar of their battle cries. 20 Waves of destruction roll over the land, in a moment my shelters are crushed. 21 How long must I see the battle flags and hear the trumpets of war? 22 “My people are foolish but they have no idea how to do right!” 23 I looked at the earth, and it was empty and formless. I looked at the heavens, and there was no light. 24 I looked at the mountains and hills, and they trembled and shook. 25 I looked, and all the people were gone. All the birds of the sky had flown away. 26 I looked, and the fertile fields had become a wilderness. crushed by the LORD’s fierce anger. 27 This is what the LORD says: but I will not destroy it completely. 28 The earth will mourn I have made up my mind and will not change it.” 29 At the noise of charioteers and archers, not a person remains! 30 What are you doing, despise you and seek to kill you. 31 I hear a cry, like that of a woman in labor, “Help! I’m being murdered!”