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.
26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;all its towns lay in ruinsbefore the Lord, before his fierce anger.
27 This is what the Lord says:‘The whole land will be ruined,though I will not destroy it completely.