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20 Disaster follows disaster.
    The whole country is destroyed.
Suddenly my tents are destroyed.
    My curtains are torn down!
21 How long must I see the war flags?
    How long must I hear the war trumpets?

22 The Lord said, “My people are foolish.
    They don’t know me.
They are stupid children.
    They don’t understand.
They are skillful at doing evil,
    but they don’t know how to do good.”

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20 Disaster follows disaster;(A)
    the whole land lies in ruins.(B)
In an instant my tents(C) are destroyed,
    my shelter in a moment.
21 How long must I see the battle standard(D)
    and hear the sound of the trumpet?(E)

22 “My people are fools;(F)
    they do not know me.(G)
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.(H)
They are skilled in doing evil;(I)
    they know not how to do good.”(J)

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