^{19 Ref} My soul, my soul! I am pained to my inmost heart; my heart is troubled in me; I am not able to be quiet, because the sound of the horn, the note of war, has come to my ears.

^{20 Ref} News is given of destruction on destruction; all the land is made waste: suddenly my tents, straight away my curtains, are made waste.

^{21 Ref} How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn?

^{22 Ref} For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.

^{23 Ref} Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.

^{24 Ref} Looking at the mountains, I saw them shaking, and all the hills were moved about.

^{25 Ref} Looking, I saw that there was no man, and all the birds of heaven had gone in flight.

^{26 Ref} Looking, I saw that the fertile field was a waste, and all its towns were broken down before the Lord and before his burning wrath.

^{27 Ref} For this is what the Lord has said: All the land will become a waste; I will make destruction complete.

^{28 Ref} The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.

^{29 Ref} All the land is in flight because of the noise of the horsemen and the bowmen; they have taken cover in the woodland and up on the rocks: every town has been given up, not a man is living in them.