Jeremiah 4:20-29

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

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

27For this is what the Lord says: “The 12whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will 13not execute a complete destruction.28For this the 14earth will mourn, And the 15heavens above will become dark, Because I have 16spoken, I have purposed, And I have not 17changed My mind, nor will I turn from it.”29At the sound of the horseman and archer 18every city flees; They 19go into the thickets and climb among the rocks; 20Every city is abandoned, And no one lives in them.