^{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.

^{27 Ref} For thus saith Jehovah, The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end.

^{28 Ref} For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.

^{29 Ref} Every city fleeth for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they go into the thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city is forsaken, and not a man dwelleth therein.