Jeremiah 4:23-29

English Standard Version

²³ I looked on the earth, and behold, it was ^(A)without form and void;
    ^(B)and to the heavens, and they had no light.
²⁴ I looked on ^(C)the mountains, and behold, they were quaking,
    and all the hills moved to and fro.
^25 (D)I looked, and behold, there was no man,
    and all the birds of the air had fled.
²⁶ I looked, and behold, the ^(E)fruitful land was a desert,
    and all its cities were laid in ruins
    before the Lord, before ^(F)his fierce anger.

^28 (H)“For this the earth shall mourn,
    ^(I)and the heavens above be dark;
for I have spoken; I have purposed;
    ^(J)I have not relented, nor will I turn back.”

²⁹ At the noise of horseman and archer
    every city takes to flight;
they enter thickets; they climb among rocks;
    all the cities are forsaken,
    and ^(K)no man dwells in them.