“All the land will be ruined,
    but I will not ·completely destroy it [^Lmake a complete end].
²⁸ So the people in the land will ·cry loudly [mourn; wail],
    and the ·sky [^Lheavens above] will grow dark [Is. 13:10; 34:4; Zech. 14:6; Mark 13:24–25],
because I have spoken and made a decision.
    I will not change my mind; I will not turn back.”

²⁹ At the sound of the horsemen and the archers,
    all the people in the towns ·run away [flee].
They ·hide [^Lgo] in the thick bushes
    and climb up into the rocks.
All of the cities of Judah are ·empty [abandoned; forsaken];
    no one lives in them.