^{23 Ref} I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

^{24 Ref} I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.

^{25 Ref} I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

^{26 Ref} I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of Jehovah, `and' before his fierce anger.