Jeremiah 4:21-26

New International Version

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.
²⁴ I looked at the mountains,
    and they were quaking;^(J)
    all the hills were swaying.
²⁵ I looked, and there were no people;
    every bird in the sky had flown away.^(K)
26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;^(L)
    all its towns lay in ruins^(M)
    before the Lord, before his fierce anger.^(N)