Jeremiah 4:27-29

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²⁷For thus says the Lord, “The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.

²⁸For this the earth shall mourn,
and the heavens above be black;
for I have spoken, I have purposed;
I have not relented nor will I turn back.”

²⁹At the noise of horseman and archer
    every city takes to flight;
they enter thickets; they climb among rocks;
    all the cities are forsaken,
    and no man dwells in them.

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