22. "For My people are foolish, They know Me not; They are stupid children And have no understanding. They are shrewd to do evil, But to do good they do not know."
23. I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light.
24. I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, And all the hills moved to and fro.
25. I looked, and behold, there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens had fled.
26. I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a wilderness, And all its cities were pulled down Before the Lord, before His fierce anger.
27. For thus says the Lord, "The whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will not execute a complete destruction.
28. "For this the earth shall mourn And the heavens above be dark, Because I have spoken, I have purposed, And I will not change My mind, nor will I turn from it."