²⁷ For thus says Adonai,
    “The whole land will be wasteland,
    yet I will not totally destroy it.
²⁸ Therefore, the earth will mourn
    and the heavens above grow black.
    For I have spoken, I have purposed,
    nor will I relent, nor turn from it.
²⁹ At the sound of horsemen and archers
        the whole city flees.
    They go into the thickets
        and climb up on the rocks.
    The whole city is deserted—
        no one dwells in it.