19. My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart! My heart is pounding in me; I cannot be silent, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.
20. Disaster on disaster is proclaimed, For the whole land is devastated; Suddenly my tents are devastated, My curtains in an instant.
21. How long must I see the standard And hear the sound of the trumpet?
22. "For My people are foolish, They know Me not; They are stupid children And have no understanding. They are shrewd to do evil, But to do good they do not know."
23. I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light.
24. I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, And all the hills moved to and fro.
25. I looked, and behold, there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens had fled.
26. I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a wilderness, And all its cities were pulled down Before the Lord, before His fierce anger.