20. Destruction upon destruction is called for, and all the earth is laid waste: my tents are destroyed on a sudden, and my pavilions in a moment.
21. How long shall I see men fleeing away, how long shall I hear the sound of the trumpet?
22. For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
23. I beheld the earth, and lo it was void, and nothing: and the heavens, and there was no light in them.
24. I looked upon the mountains, and behold they trembled: and all the hills were troubled.
25. I beheld, and lo there was no man: and all the birds of the air were gone.
26. I looked, and behold Carmel was a wilderness: and all its cities were destroyed at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of the wrath of his indignation.