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25 I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.

26 I have looked, and lo, The fruitful place [is] a wilderness, And all its cities have been broken down, Because of Jehovah, Because of the fierceness of His anger.

27 For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not.

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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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