27 For thus says the Lord, “The whole land shall be a desolation; (A)yet I will not make a full end.

28 (B)“For this the earth shall mourn,
    (C)and the heavens above be dark;
for I have spoken; I have purposed;
    (D)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 (E)no man dwells in them.

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