22 “My people are fools. They don’t know me.They are stupid people. They don’t understand.They are experts in doing wrong,and they don’t know how to do good.”
23 I see the earth. It’s formless and empty.I see the sky. Its lights are gone.
24 I see the mountains. They are shaking,and the hills are swaying.
25 I see that there are no people,and every bird has flown away.
26 I see that the fertile land has become a desert,and all its cities are torn downbecause of the Lord and his burning anger.
27 This is what the Lord says:The whole earth will be ruined,although I will not destroy it completely.
28 The earth will mourn, and the sky will grow black.I have spoken, and I have planned it.I won’t change my plans, and I won’t turn back.