²² “My people are fools;^(A)
    they do not know me.^(B)
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.^(C)
They are skilled in doing evil;^(D)
    they know not how to do good.”^(E)

²³ I looked at the earth,
    and it was formless and empty;^(F)
and at the heavens,
    and their light^(G) was gone.
²⁴ I looked at the mountains,
    and they were quaking;^(H)
    all the hills were swaying.