^{19 Ref} My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

^{20 Ref} Destruction on destruction is cried; for the whole land is laid waste: suddenly are my tents destroyed, [and] my curtains in a moment.

^{21 Ref} How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

^{22 Ref} For my people are foolish, they don't know me; they are foolish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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

^{24 Ref} I saw the mountains, and, behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.

^{25 Ref} I saw, and, behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were fled.

^{26 Ref} I saw, and, behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities of it were broken down at the presence of Yahweh, [and] before his fierce anger.