Jeremiah 4:25-27

New Catholic Bible

²⁵I looked, but I could not see anyone;
    even the birds of the air had flown away.
²⁶I looked, and the fertile land had become a desert;
    all of its towns lay in ruins
    before the Lord, before his blazing anger.

²⁷Thus says the Lord:

The entire land will be a desolate waste,
but I will not destroy it completely.