⁵Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: ⁶Raise a signal flag toward Zion. ⁷A lion has gone up from his thicket, ⁸So put on sackcloth, ⁹“In that day,” declares the LORD, ¹⁰Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.” ¹¹At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift; ¹²a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.” ¹³Behold, he advances like the clouds, ¹⁴Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, ¹⁵For a voice resounds from Dan, ¹⁶Warn the nations now! ¹⁷They surround her like men guarding a field, ¹⁸“Your ways and deeds