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15 People are bringing a message from Dan
    and from the hill country of Ephraim.
The message says that great trouble is coming.[a]
16 They say, ‘Warn all the nations that the enemy is coming!’
Shout this message in Jerusalem:
    ‘An army is coming from a country that is far away.
    They will attack the towns in Judah.
17 Their soldiers are all around Jerusalem's walls,
    like guards around a farmer's field.’

The Lord says, ‘This will happen because the people of Judah have turned against me.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:15 Dan and Ephraim are places to the north of Jerusalem.

15 A voice is announcing from Dan,(A)
    proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.(B)
16 “Tell this to the nations,
    proclaim concerning Jerusalem:
‘A besieging army is coming from a distant land,(C)
    raising a war cry(D) against the cities of Judah.(E)
17 They surround(F) her like men guarding a field,
    because she has rebelled(G) against me,’”
declares the Lord.

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