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25 I looked around and saw no hint of life.
    The people were gone. The birds had fled the sky.
26 I looked at what was once a garden and saw a desert—
    the rubble of its cities torn down right in front of the Eternal and His fierce anger.

27 Eternal One: The whole land will lie in ruin,
        but I will not completely destroy it.

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25 I looked, and there were no people;
    every bird in the sky had flown away.(A)
26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;(B)
    all its towns lay in ruins(C)
    before the Lord, before his fierce anger.(D)

27 This is what the Lord says:

“The whole land will be ruined,(E)
    though I will not destroy(F) it completely.

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