A lion rises from its thicket in the north in this 31-verse call for Judah to break up fallow ground and circumcise the heart before a coming desolation.
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Lyrics
If you will return, Israel Return to me Put away your abominations out of my sight Then you will not be removed
Break up your fallow ground Don’t sow amongst thorns Circumcise yourselves to the Lord Take away the foreskins of your heart
Lest my wrath go out like fire And burn so that no one can quench it A lion has gone up from his thicket A destroyer of nations
He is on his way from his place To make your land desolate That your cities be laid waste Without inhabitant
For this clothe yourself with sackcloth Lament and wail For the fierce anger of the Lord Has not turned back from us
Behold he will come up as clouds His chariots will be as the whirlwind His horses are swifter than eagles Woe to us for we are ruined
I saw the earth and behold it was waste I saw the mountains and behold they trembled All the hills moved back and forth I saw and behold there was no man
Destruction on destruction is decreed For the whole land is laid waste How long will I see the standard And hear the sound of the trumpet The whole land will be a desolation Yet I will not make a full end
For my people are foolish They don’t know me
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