Jeremiah 4:23-31

23I looked at the earth, and behold, it was a 12formless and desolate emptiness; And to the heavens, and they had no light.24I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were 3quaking, And all the hills jolted back and forth.25I looked, and behold, there was no human, And all the 4birds of the sky had fled.26I looked, and behold, 5the 6fruitful 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 7whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will 8not execute a complete destruction.28For this the 9earth will mourn, And the 10heavens above will become dark, Because I have 11spoken, I have purposed, And I have not 12changed My mind, nor will I turn from it.”29At the sound of the horseman and archer 13every city flees; They 14go into the thickets and climb among the rocks; 15Every city is abandoned, And no one lives in them.30And you, desolate one, 16what will you do? Although you dress in scarlet, Although you adorn yourself with jewelry of gold, Although you 17enlarge your eyes with makeup, In vain you make yourself beautiful. Your 1819lovers despise you; They seek your life.31For I heard a voice cry as of a woman in labor, The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child. The voice of the daughter of Zion 20gasping for breath, 21Stretching out her 22hands, saying, “Ah, woe to me, for 23I faint before murderers.”