6:26 So I said, 1 “Oh, my dear people, 2 put on sackcloth
and roll in ashes.
Mourn with painful sobs
as though you had lost your only child.
For any moment now 3 that destructive army 4
will come against us.”
[6:26] 1 tn These words are not in the text but are implicit from the context.
[6:26] 2 tn Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the translator’s note there.
[6:26] 3 tn Heb “suddenly.”
[6:26] 4 tn Heb “the destroyer.”
