^{5 Ref} Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.

^{6 Ref} Set up a standard toward Zion: flee for safety, stay not; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

^{7 Ref} A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.