Jeremiah 4:23-29

Modern English Version

²³ I looked on the earth,
    and it was without form and void.
And to the heavens,
    and they had no light.
²⁴ I looked on the mountains,
    and they trembled,
    and all the hills moved to and fro.
²⁵ I looked, and there was no man,
    and all the birds of the heavens had fled.
²⁶ I looked, and the fruitful place was a wilderness,
    and all the cities were broken down
    at the presence of the Lord, and by His fierce anger.

The whole land shall be desolate.
    Yet I will not make a full end.
²⁸ For this the earth shall mourn,
    and the heavens above be black,
because I have spoken it, I have purposed it,
    and will not relent, nor will I turn back from it.

²⁹ The whole city shall flee
    for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen.
They shall go into thickets
    and climb up upon the rocks.
Every city shall be forsaken,
    and not a man dwell in it.