18. “You brought this on yourself.This is your punishment.It is bitter.It breaks your heart.”
19. My anguish, my anguish!I writhe in pain.My heart is beating wildly!My heart is pounding!I can’t keep quietbecause I hear a ram’s horn sounding the alarm for war.
20. One disaster follows another.The whole land is ruined.My tents are suddenly destroyed.Their curtains are torn in an instant.
21. How long must I see the battle flag and hear the sound of rams’ horns?
22. “My people are fools. They don’t know me.They are stupid people. They don’t understand.They are experts in doing wrong,and they don’t know how to do good.”
23. I see the earth. It’s formless and empty.I see the sky. Its lights are gone.
24. I see the mountains. They are shaking,and the hills are swaying.
25. I see that there are no people,and every bird has flown away.
26. I see that the fertile land has become a desert,and all its cities are torn downbecause of the Lord and his burning anger.
27. This is what the Lord says:The whole earth will be ruined,although I will not destroy it completely.
28. The earth will mourn, and the sky will grow black.I have spoken, and I have planned it.I won’t change my plans, and I won’t turn back.