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Raise the signal—to Zion!
    Seek refuge! Don’t stand there!
Disaster I bring from the north,
    and great destruction.
Up comes the lion from its lair,
    the destroyer of nations has set out,
    has left its place,
To turn your land into a desolation,
    your cities into an uninhabited waste.(A)
So put on sackcloth,
    mourn and wail:
“The blazing anger of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.”(B)

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Raise the signal(A) to go to Zion!
    Flee for safety without delay!
For I am bringing disaster(B) from the north,(C)
    even terrible destruction.”

A lion(D) has come out of his lair;(E)
    a destroyer(F) of nations has set out.
He has left his place
    to lay waste(G) your land.
Your towns will lie in ruins(H)
    without inhabitant.
So put on sackcloth,(I)
    lament(J) and wail,
for the fierce anger(K) of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.

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