Jeremiah 4:20-29

20Destruction upon destruction is cried, For the whole land is plundered. Suddenly my tents are plundered, And my curtains in a moment.

21How long will I see the standard, And hear the sound of the trumpet?

22“For My people are foolish, They have not known Me. They are silly children, And they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, But to do good they have no knowledge.”

23I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form, and void; And the heavens, they had no light.

24I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled, And all the hills moved back and forth.

25I beheld, and indeed there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens had fled.

26I beheld, and indeed the fruitful land was a wilderness, And all its cities were broken down At the presence of the Lord, By His fierce anger.

27For thus says the Lord: “The whole land shall be desolate; Yet I will not make a full end.

28For this shall the earth mourn, And the heavens above be black, Because I have spoken. I have purposed and will not relent, Nor will I turn back from it.

29The whole city shall flee from the noise of the horsemen and bowmen. They shall go into thickets and climb up on the rocks. Every city shall be forsaken, And not a man shall dwell in it.