Warn everyone to go to Zion! Run for safety! Do not wait! I am bringing trouble from the north. Everything will be totally destroyed.”

应当向锡安竖立大旗。要逃避，不要迟延，因我必使灾祸与大毁灭从北方来到。”

应当向锡安竖立大旗。逃吧，不要迟延，因我必使灾祸与大毁灭从北方来到。

应当向锡安竖立大旗。逃吧，不要迟延，因我必使灾祸与大毁灭从北方来到。

你们要向锡安举起旗帜，赶快逃亡，不要迟延，因为我要从北方降下灾祸，大肆毁灭。”

要向锡安竖起旗号，赶快逃命，不可停留，因为我必使灾祸与严重的毁灭，从北方而来。”

應當向錫安豎立大旗。要逃避，不要遲延，因我必使災禍與大毀滅從北方來到。

應當向錫安豎立大旗。逃吧，不要遲延，因我必使災禍與大毀滅從北方來到。

應當向錫安豎立大旗。逃吧，不要遲延，因我必使災禍與大毀滅從北方來到。

你們要向錫安舉起旗幟，趕快逃亡，不要遲延，因為我要從北方降下災禍，大肆毀滅。」

要向錫安豎起旗號，趕快逃命，不可停留，因為我必使災禍與嚴重的毀滅，從北方而來。”

要向錫安豎起旌旗；要逃難，不要躭擱；因為我必使災禍及大破毁從北方來到。

向錫安樹斾、逃難勿延、蓋我降禍、自北而來、大施翦滅、

立旌斾遙指郇岡、使人逃避於彼、毋稍遲延、我降大禍、來自北方、盡遭其毀。

樹立大纛而往郇、迅速逃避勿遲延、我必使災害大禍、來自北方、

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

Raise a standard toward Zion, flee for safety, stay not, for I bring disaster from the north, and great destruction.

Raise a signal flag as a warning for Jerusalem:‘ Flee now! Do not delay!’ For I am bringing terrible destruction upon you from the north.”

Lift up a signal flag toward Zion. Run for cover! Don’t stand still! For I am bringing disaster from the north— a crushing blow.

Raise a flag toward Zion! Take refuge, do not stand still, For I am bringing evil from the north, And great destruction.

Set up the standard toward Zion. Take refuge! Do not delay! For I will bring disaster from the north, And great destruction.”

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

Lift up a signal flag toward Zion. Run for cover! Don’t stand still! For I am bringing disaster from the north— a great destruction.

Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. Run for safety! Do not delay! For I am about to bring disaster out of the north. It will bring great destruction.

Set up a standard toward Zion. Flee for safety! Don’t wait; for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.”

Another message from the Lord came to me. The Lord asked me,“ What do you see?”“ A pot that has boiling water in it,” I answered.“ It’s leaning toward us from the north.”The Lord said to me,“ Something very bad will be poured out on everyone who lives in this land. It will come from the north.I am about to send for all the armies in the northern kingdoms,” announces the Lord.“ Their kings will come to Jerusalem. They will set up their thrones at the very gates of the city. They will attack all the walls that surround the city. They will go to war against all the towns of Judah.

“ Announce this message among the nations. Lift up a banner. Let the nations hear the message. Do not keep anything back. Say,‘ Babylon will be captured. The god named Bel will be put to shame. The god named Marduk will be filled with terror. Babylon’s gods will be put to shame. The gods its people made will be filled with terror.’

“ Nations, lift up a banner in the land of Babylon! Blow a trumpet among yourselves! Prepare yourselves for battle against Babylon. Send the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz against it. Appoint a commander against it. Send many horses against it. Let them be as many as a huge number of locusts.

Go out through your gates, people of Jerusalem! Go out! Prepare the way for the rest of your people to return. Build up the road! Build it up! Remove the stones. Raise a banner over the city for the nations to see.

The Lord says,“ People of Benjamin, run for safety! Run away from Jerusalem! Blow trumpets in the city of Tekoa! Warn everyone in Beth Hakkerem! Horrible trouble is coming from the north. The Babylonians will destroy everything with awful power.

How long must I look at our enemy’s battle flag? How long must I hear the sound of the trumpets?

Lift up a banner! Attack Babylon’s walls! Put more guards on duty! Station more of them to watch over you! Hide and wait to attack them! I will do what I have planned. I will do what I have decided to do against the people of Babylon.

The Lord says to Jerusalem,“ Look! An army is coming from the land of the north. I am stirring up a great nation. Its army is coming from a land that is very far away.

After that, I will hand you over to your enemies. They want to kill you,” announces the Lord.“ I will hand over Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his officials. I will also hand over the people in this city who live through the plague, war and hunger. All of them will be handed over to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. He will kill them with swords. He will show them no mercy. He will not feel sorry for them. In fact, he will not have any concern for them at all.” ’

The noise of battle is heard in the land. It is the noise of a great city being destroyed!

So I will send for all the nations in the north. And I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon,’ announces the Lord.‘ I will bring all of them against this land and against you who live here. They will march out against all the nations that are around this land. I will set apart Judah and the nations around it in a special way to be destroyed. People will be shocked because of them. And they will make fun of them. Those nations will be destroyed forever.

“ At that time people at the Fish Gate in Jerusalem will cry out,” announces the Lord.“ So will those at the New Quarter. The buildings on the hills will come crashing down with a loud noise.

“ The noise of people screaming comes from Babylon. A terrible sound comes from its land. It is the sound of a mighty city being destroyed.