23. I looked at the earth, and behold, it was wasteland and emptiness, and to the heavens, and they were without their light.
24. I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, and all of the hills were jolted to and fro.
25. I looked and behold, there was no person, and all of the birds of the sky had fled.
26. I looked and behold, the fruitful land was a desert, and all of its cities were ruined before Yahweh, before the face of his burning anger.
27. For thus says Yahweh, “All of the land will be a desolation, yet I will not make a complete desolation.