23. I looked at the earth and behold, it was deserted and desolate, and at the heavens and they had no light.
24. I looked at the mountains— behold, they were shaking and all the hills swaying to and fro.
25. I looked and behold, no people! All the birds of the sky had fled.
26. I looked and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness and all of its cities were in ruins before Adonai, before His fierce anger.
27. For thus says Adonai, “The whole land will be wasteland, yet I will not totally destroy it.
28. Therefore, the earth will mourn and the heavens above grow black. For I have spoken, I have purposed, nor will I relent, nor turn from it.