18. “Your own conduct and actions have brought this on you. This is your punishment. How bitter it is! How it pierces to the heart!”
19. Oh, my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the agony of my heart! My heart pounds within me, I cannot keep silent. For I have heard the sound of the trumpet; I have heard the battle cry.
20. Disaster follows disaster; the whole land lies in ruins. In an instant my tents are destroyed, my shelter in a moment.
21. How long must I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
22. “My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good.”
23. I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone.
24. I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.