13. Behold he shall come up as a cloud, and his chariots as a tempest: his horses are swifter than eagles: woe unto us, for we are laid waste.
14. Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved: how long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee?
15. For a voice of one declaring from Dan, and giving notice of the idol from mount Ephraim.
16. Say ye to the nations: Behold it is heard in Jerusalem, that guards are coming from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Juda.
17. They are set round about her, as keepers of fields: because she hath provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord.
18. Thy ways, and thy devices have brought these things upon thee: this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it hath touched thy heart.
19. My bowels, my bowels are in pain, the senses of my heart are troubled within me, I will not hold my peace, for my soul hath heard the sound of the trumpet, the cry of battle.
20. Destruction upon destruction is called for, and all the earth is laid waste: my tents are destroyed on a sudden, and my pavilions in a moment.
21. How long shall I see men fleeing away, how long shall I hear the sound of the trumpet?
22. For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
23. I beheld the earth, and lo it was void, and nothing: and the heavens, and there was no light in them.
24. I looked upon the mountains, and behold they trembled: and all the hills were troubled.
25. I beheld, and lo there was no man: and all the birds of the air were gone.
26. I looked, and behold Carmel was a wilderness: and all its cities were destroyed at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of the wrath of his indignation.
27. For thus saith the Lord: All the land shall be desolate, but yet I will not utterly destroy.
28. The earth shall mourn, and the heavens shall lament from above: because I have spoken, I have purposed, and I have not repented, neither am I turned away from it.