Jeremiah 4:20-29

201Disaster on disaster is proclaimed, For the 2whole land is devastated; Suddenly my 3tents are devastated, My curtains in an instant.21How long must I see the standard And hear the sound of the trumpet?22“4For My people are foolish, They know Me not; They are stupid children And have no understanding. They are shrewd to 5do evil, But to do good they do not know.”

23I looked on the earth, and behold, it was 67formless and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light.24I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were 8quaking, And all the hills 9moved to and fro.25I looked, and behold, there was no man, And all the 10birds of the heavens had fled.26I looked, and behold, 11the 12fruitful land was a wilderness, And all its cities were pulled down Before the Lord, before His fierce anger.

27For thus says the Lord, “The 13whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will 14not execute a complete destruction.28For this the 15earth shall mourn And the 16heavens above be dark, Because I have 17spoken, I have purposed, And I will not 18change My mind, nor will I turn from it.”29At the sound of the horseman and bowman 19every city flees; They 20go into the thickets and climb among the rocks; 21Every city is forsaken, And no man dwells in them.