²¹ How long must I see the battle standard^(A)
    and hear the sound of the trumpet?^(B)

²² “My people are fools;^(C)
    they do not know me.^(D)
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.^(E)
They are skilled in doing evil;^(F)
    they know not how to do good.”^(G)

²³ I looked at the earth,
    and it was formless and empty;^(H)
and at the heavens,
    and their light^(I) was gone.