23. I looked at the earth,and it was formless and empty. I looked to the heavens,and their light was gone.
24. I looked at the mountains,and they were quaking; all the hills shook.
25. I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the sky had fled.
26. I looked, and the fertile field was a wilderness. All its cities were torn downbecause of the Lordand His burning anger.
27. For this is what the Lord says:The whole land will be a desolation, but I will not finish it off.