Jeremiah 4:20-29

20One disaster follows another. The whole land is ruined. My tents are suddenly destroyed. Their curtains are torn in an instant.

21How long must I see the battle flag and hear the sound of rams’ horns?

22“My people are fools. They don’t know me. They are stupid people. They don’t understand. They are experts in doing wrong, and they don’t know how to do good.”

23I see the earth. It’s formless and empty. I see the sky. Its lights are gone.

24I see the mountains. They are shaking, and the hills are swaying.

25I see that there are no people, and every bird has flown away.

26I see that the fertile land has become a desert, and all its cities are torn down because of the Lord and his burning anger.

27This is what the Lord says: The whole earth will be ruined, although I will not destroy it completely.

28The earth will mourn, and the sky will grow black. I have spoken, and I have planned it. I won’t change my plans, and I won’t turn back.

29All the people in the city will flee at the sound of riders and archers. They will go off into the thickets and climb among the rocks. The entire city will be abandoned, and no one will live in it.