[a](A)Prepare for war against her;
Arise, and let’s [b]attack at (B)noon.
Woe to us, for the day declines,
For the shadows of the evening lengthen!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:4 Lit Sanctify war
  2. Jeremiah 6:4 Lit go up

“Prepare for battle against her!
    Arise, let us attack at noon!(A)
But, alas, the daylight is fading,
    and the shadows of evening grow long.

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And it will come about on that day,” declares the Lord God,
“That I will make the (A)sun go down at noon,
And (B)make the earth dark in [a]broad daylight.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:9 Lit a day of light

“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,

“I will make the sun go down at noon
    and darken the earth in broad daylight.(A)

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