Jeremiah 4:23-31 - Jeremiah's Vision Of The Coming Destruction
23 I see the earth. It is without form and empty. I see the sky. Its lights are gone. 24 I see the mountains. They tremble and the hills sway. 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. Its cities are torn down because of Jehovah and his burning anger.
27 Jehovah says: The whole earth will be ruined, although I will not entirely destroy it. 28 The earth will mourn, and the sky will grow black. I have spoken, and I have determined it. I will not change my plans, and I will not turn back!
29 All the people in the city will flee at the sound of riders and archers. They will go off into the thickets and climb among the rocks. The entire city will be abandoned. No one will live in it. 30 You are going to be destroyed! What are you going to do? Why do you dress in scarlet (crimson) and put on gold jewelry? Why do you wear eye shadow? You are making yourself beautiful for nothing. Your lovers despise you. They want to kill you. 31 I hear a woman in labor. I hear the woman cry with anguish as she gives birth to her first child. My people Zion gasp for breath. They stretch out their hands and say: How horrible it is for us! My life is exhausted by the presence of murderers!