Jeremiah 4:23–27

23 I looked at the earth,

and it was formless and empty.h

I looked to the heavens,

and their light was gone.i

24 I looked at the mountains,

and they were quaking;j

all the hills shook.

25 I looked, and there was no human being,k

and all the birds of the sky had fled.l

26 I looked, and the fertile fieldm was a wilderness.n

All its cities were torn down

because of the Lord

and his burning anger.o

27 For this is what the Lord says:

“The whole land will be a desolation,p

but I will not finish it off.q