24:004:021 How long shall I see the standard, and
hear the sound of the
trumpet?
24:004:022 For my people is foolish, they have not
known me; they are
sottish
children, and they have none understanding: they
are
wise
to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
24:004:023 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without
form, and void;
and
the heavens, and they had no light.
24:004:024 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled,
and all the
hills
moved lightly.
24:004:025 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and
all the birds of the
heavens
were fled.
24:004:026 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was
a wilderness, and
all
the cities thereof were broken down at the presence
of the
lord,
and by his fierce anger.
24:004:027 For thus hath the lord said, The whole
land shall be desolate;
yet
will I not make a full end.
24:004:028 For this shall the earth mourn, and the
heavens above be
black;
because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will
not
repent, neither will I turn back from it.
24:004:029 The whole city shall flee for the noise
of the horsemen and
bowmen;
they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the
rocks:
every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell
therein.
24:004:030 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou
do? Though thou
clothest
thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with
ornaments
of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting,
in
vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will
despise
thee,
they will seek thy life.
24:004:031 For I have heard a voice as of a woman
in travail, and the
anguish
as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the
voice
of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that
spreadeth
her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is
wearied
because of murderers.
24:005:001 Run ye to and fro through the streets of
Jerusalem, and see
now,
and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if
ye can
find
a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that
seeketh
the truth; and I will pardon it.
24:005:002 And though they say, The lord liveth;
surely they swear
falsely.
24:005:003 O lord, are not thine eyes upon the
truth? thou hast stricken
them,
but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them,
but
they
have refused to receive correction: they have
made their
faces
harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
24:005:004 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor;
they are foolish: for
they
know not the way of the lord, nor the judgment
of their
God.


