22 “For My people are foolish,They have not known Me.They are silly children,And they have no understanding.They are wise to do evil,But to do good they have no knowledge.”
23 I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form, and void;And the heavens, they had no light.
24 I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled,And all the hills moved back and forth.
25 I beheld, and indeed there was no man,And all the birds of the heavens had fled.
26 I beheld, and indeed the fruitful land was a wilderness,And all its cities were broken downAt the presence of the Lord,By His fierce anger.
27 For thus says the Lord:“The whole land shall be desolate;Yet I will not make a full end.
28 For this shall the earth mourn,And the heavens above be black,Because I have spoken.I have purposed and will not relent,Nor will I turn back from it.