²⁷ For this is what the Lord says:
“The ^(A)whole land shall be a desolation,
Yet I will ^(B)not execute a complete destruction.
²⁸ For this the ^(C)earth will mourn,
And the ^(D)heavens above will become dark,
Because I have ^(E)spoken, I have purposed,
And I have not ^[a]changed My mind, nor will I turn from it.”
²⁹ At the sound of the horseman and archer ^(F)every city flees;
They ^(G)go into the thickets and climb among the rocks;
^(H)Every city is abandoned,
And no one lives in them.