²⁵ no people could be seen,
    and all the birds
    had flown away.
²⁶ Farmland had become a desert,
    and towns were in ruins.
The Lord's fierce anger
    had done all of this.

I have made my decision,
    and I won't change my mind.
This land will be destroyed,
    although not completely.
The sky will turn dark,
    and the earth will mourn.