there was no man,
and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
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.
For thus hath the LORD said,
The whole land shall be desolate;
yet will I not make a full end.
Jeremiah 4:25-27
