²³ I looked at the earth, and behold, it was wasteland and emptiness,
    and to the heavens, and they were without their light.
²⁴ I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking,
    and all of the hills were jolted to and fro.
²⁵ I looked and behold, there was no person,
    and all of the birds^[a] of the sky had fled.