Jeremiah 4:22–28

22 “My people are fools;m

they do not know me.n

They are senseless children;

they have no understanding.o

They are skilled in doing evil;p

they know not how to do good.”q

23 I looked at the earth,

and it was formless and empty;r

and at the heavens,

and their lights was gone.

24 I looked at the mountains,

and they were quaking;t

all the hills were swaying.

25 I looked, and there were no people;

every bird in the sky had flown away.u

26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;v

all its towns lay in ruinsw

before the Lord, before his fierce anger.x

27 This is what the Lord says:

“The whole land will be ruined,y

though I will not destroyz it completely.

28 Therefore the earth will mourna

and the heavens above grow dark,b

because I have spoken and will not relent,c

I have decided and will not turn back.d”