19 Oh, my anguish, my anguish!I writhe in pain.Oh, the agony of my heart!My heart pounds within me,I cannot keep silent.For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;I have heard the battle cry.
20 Disaster follows disaster;the whole land lies in ruins.In an instant my tents are destroyed,my shelter in a moment.
21 How long must I see the battle standardand hear the sound of the trumpet?
22 ‘My people are fools;they do not know me.They are senseless children;they have no understanding.They are skilled in doing evil;they know not how to do good.’
23 I looked at the earth,and it was formless and empty;and at the heavens,and their light was gone.
24 I looked at the mountains,and they were quaking;all the hills were swaying.
25 I looked, and there were no people;every bird in the sky had flown away.