Jeremiah 4:23-29

Leeser(i) 23 I look at the earth, and, lo, it is without form and void; and toward the heavens, and their light is gone. 24 I look at the mountains, and, lo, they tremble, and all the hills are moved. 25 I look, and, lo, there is no man, and all the birds of the heavens are fled. 26 I look, and, lo, the fruitful country is a wilderness, and all its cities are laid waste at the presence of the Lord, because of the fierceness of his anger. 27 For thus hath said the Lord, Desolate shall be the whole land; yet a full end will I not make. 28 For this shall mourn the earth, and black shall be the heavens above; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I will not repent, and I will not turn back from it. 29 From the noise of horsemen and those that shoot with the bow fleeth the whole city; they go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein.