24. I beheld the mountains, and, behold, they trembled, and all the hills were destroyed.
25. I beheld, and, behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.
26. I beheld, and, behold, Carmel was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the Lord and by his fierce anger.
27. For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet I will not make a full end.
28. For this shall the earth be made desolate, and the heavens above be darkened because I spoke; I purposed and did not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
29. The whole city fled from the thunder of the horsemen and bowmen; they went into the thickets of the forests and climbed up upon the rocks; every city was forsaken, and not a man dwells therein.
30. And thou who art destroyed, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with crimson, though thou deck thee with ornaments of gold, though thou paint thy eyes with antimony, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee; they will seek thy life.
31. For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewails herself, that spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is faint because of the murderers.