26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were torn down before the LORD, before His fierce anger. 27 For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction. 28 Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”
Jeremiah 4:26–28
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