²⁵ I looked and behold, there was no person,
    and all of the birds^[a] of the sky had fled.
²⁶ I looked and behold, the fruitful land was a desert,^[b]
    and all of its cities were ruined before Yahweh,
    before the face of his burning anger.^[c]
27 For thus says Yahweh, “All of the land will be a desolation,
    yet I will not make a complete desolation.