Jeremiah 4:23-28

23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty. I looked to the heavens, and their light was gone.

24I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills shook.

25I looked, and there was no human being, and all the birds of the sky had fled.

26I looked, and the fertile field was a wilderness. All its cities were torn down because of the Lord and his burning anger.

27For this is what the Lord says: “The whole land will be a desolation, but I will not finish it off.

28Because of this, the earth will mourn; the skies above will grow dark. I have spoken; I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back from it.”