^{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.