Jeremiah 4:20-29

20Destruction upon destruction is proclaimed; for the whole land is wasted: suddenly are my tents laid waste, my curtains, in a moment.

21How long shall I see the standard, [and] hear the sound of the trumpet?

22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

23I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.

24I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills shook violently.

25I beheld, and lo, man was not, and all the fowl of the heavens were fled.

26I beheld, and lo, the fruitful land was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down, before Jehovah, before his fierce anger.

27For thus saith Jehovah: The whole land shall be a desolation; but I will not make a full end.

28For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back therefrom.

29At the noise of the horsemen and bowmen, every city fleeth; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken and no man dwelleth therein.