rsv Jeremiah:4:26-29
rsv@Jeremiah:4:26 @ I looked, and lo, the fruitful land was a desert, and all its cities were laid in ruins before the LORD, before his fierce anger.
rsv@Jeremiah:4:27 @ For thus says the LORD, "The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
rsv@Jeremiah:4:28 @ For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be black; for I have spoken, I have purposed; I have not relented nor will I turn back."
rsv@Jeremiah:4:29 @ At the noise of horseman and archer every city takes to flight; they enter thickets; they climb among rocks; all the cities are forsaken, and no man dwells in them.