[5:8] Blow the war trumpets in Gibeah! Sound the alarm in Ramah! Raise the war cry at Bethaven! Into battle, men of Benjamin!
[5:9] The day of punishment is coming, and Israel will be ruined. People of Israel, this will surely happen!
[5:10] The Lord says, “I am angry because the leaders of Judah have invaded Israel and stolen land from her. So I will pour out punishment on them like a flood.
[5:11] Israel is suffering oppression; she has lost land that was rightfully hers, because she insisted on going for help to those who had none to give.
[5:12] I will bring destruction on Israel and ruin on the people of Judah.
[5:13] “When Israel saw how sick she was and when Judah saw her own wounds, then Israel went to Assyria to ask the great emperor for help, but he could not cure them or heal their wounds.
[5:14] I will attack the people of Israel and Judah like a lion. I myself will tear them to pieces and then leave them. When I drag them off, no one will be able to save them.
[5:15] “I will abandon my people until they have suffered enough for their sins and come looking for me. Perhaps in their suffering they will try to find me.”