20. Disaster after disaster is reportedbecause the whole land is destroyed.Suddenly my tents are destroyed,my tent curtains, in a moment.
21. How long must I see the signal flagand hear the sound of the ram’s horn?
22. “For My people are fools;they do not know Me.They are foolish children,without understanding. They are skilled in doing what is evil,but they do not know how to do what is good.”
23. I looked at the earth,and it was formless and empty. I looked to the heavens,and their light was gone.
24. I looked at the mountains,and they were quaking; all the hills shook.
25. I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the sky had fled.
26. I looked, and the fertile field was a wilderness. All its cities were torn downbecause of the Lordand His burning anger.
27. For this is what the Lord says:The whole land will be a desolation, but I will not finish it off.